Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units. It is the cardinal numeral for the number 500.

2. Noun:

   • The cardinal number: The number that is the product of one hundred and five, represented as 500.
   • A card game: A trick-taking card game for two to six players, similar to euchre or ecarte. In a common version, each player is dealt five cards, and the player who makes the trump suit must take at least three tricks to win the hand.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The charity aims to raise five hundred dollars.
  • The ancient army was said to be five hundred men strong.

• Noun (The number):

  • The total came to five hundred.
  • She scored five hundred points in the first round.

• Noun (The card game):

  • We played a few hands of five hundred after dinner.
  • Do you know the rules for five hundred?

Advanced Usage

• "The five hundreds": Can refer to the range of numbers from 500 to 599.
  • Temperatures are expected to be in the five hundreds this weekend.
• Used in historical or formal contexts to denote a group of 500.
  • In ancient Rome, a century was a military unit of approximately one hundred men, while a cohort was five hundred.

Variants and Related Words

• 500: The numeric form.
• D: The Roman numeral for 500.
• Five-hundredth (adj & n): The ordinal form (500th) or one part of 500 equal parts.

Synonyms

• Half a thousand: A less common, descriptive synonym.
• A five-century note: Informal, referring to a 500-unit banknote (e.g., $500 bill).

Related Phrases

• Five hundred grand: Slang for five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
  • The car cost him five hundred grand.
• The five hundred (500): Can refer to a specific, notable group of 500 people (e.g., "The Fortune 500" list of companies).
  • She made it into the five hundred top scorers.

Adjective

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units

Noun

1. a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
2. the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five