hundred dollar bill
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈhʌndrəd ˈdɑːlər bɪl/
- US
:
billete de cien dólares
- Standing over her, he drops three crisp, new hundred-dollar bills in Vivian's lap.
- crisp hundred-dollar bill
- a one-hundred-dollar bill
- stack of hundred-dollar bills
Examples
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The woman was counting out hundred-dollar bills to the lawyer who was taking the cash and checks.
Fiction book (2000) -
And dead in the center is a crisp, new hundred dollar bill.
Fiction book (1997) -
- You gave me a hundred dollar bill.
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I see a hundred dollar bill.
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See, my problem is all I have are hundred dollar bills, and I need something smaller.
Fiction book (1999) -
This hundred-dollar bill is real.
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We don't see too many hundred dollar bills around here.
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The Justice of the Peace takes a hundred-dollar bill from his desk and gives it to Fred.
Fiction book (1990) -
Amazingly, her wallet was still full of hundred-dollar bills from the New Orleans trip.
Fiction book (1997) -
The man reached for his wallet, took out a hundred dollar bill, and handed it to me.
Synonyms
A one-hundred-dollar bill in the United States
How Valuable
- US
17
2.1
- US
1
1.0
- US
4
1.0
- US
3
1.0
- US
4
1.0
- US
4
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a United States banknote with a denomination of 100 dollars' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hundred' (the number 100) + 'dollar' (the currency unit) + 'bill' (a banknote). This straightforward numeric + currency + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Hundred dollar bill names one paper note that is worth '100 dollars'. Hundred is the number, dollar is the money, and bill means a paper note. It usually shows Benjamin Franklin and the large number 100, so it's easy to remember that it means a single note worth '100 dollars'.