hundredth

USHUN-dredth/ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/

3 meanings of hundredth

1
adjective
Coming right after the ninety-ninth when counting or putting things in order.
This is the hundredth time I have asked you to clean your room.
She was the hundredth person to cross the finish line.
2
nouncountable
One of a hundred equal parts that something is divided into.
Like cutting a pizza into a hundred slices and taking just one of them.
One hundredth of a dollar is the same as one cent.
The race was so close that the winner led by just a few hundredths.
3
nouncountable
The person or thing that comes after ninety-nine others in order.
He was the hundredth in line, so he got a free gift.
Our store gives a prize to the hundredth through the door each day.

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It comes from the Middle English word 'hundred' plus '-th', the ending used to make ordinal numbers.