| Name
|
Quantity
|
Description
|
| Brace
|
2
|
An old term of venery, meaning means ‘a pair of caught in the hunt’. Also a measure of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
|
| Couple
|
2
|
A set of two of items of a type
|
| Century
|
100
|
Primarily denotes one hundred years, but occasionally used, especially in the context of competitive racing, to refer to something consisting of one hundred, as in a 100-mile race.
|
| Dozen
|
12
|
A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.)
|
| Baker's dozen
|
13
|
From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customer
|
| Half-dozen
|
6
|
Six of something
|
| Decade
|
10
|
Primarily denotes ten years, but occasionally refers to ten of something
|
| Duo
|
2
|
In reference to people engaged in an endeavor together, as in musical performance (other words denote three or more people in the same context: trio, quartet, etc.)
|
| Grand
|
1,000
|
Slang for a thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds.
|
| Gross
|
144
|
Twelve dozen
|
| Score
|
20
|
Presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from one to twenty, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next twenty. A distance of twenty yards in ancient archery and gunnery.
|
| Threescore
|
60
|
Three score (3x20)
|
| Large
|
1,000
|
Slang for one thousand
|
| Myriad
|
10,000
|
Loosely refers to a very large quantity
|
| Pair
|
2
|
Often in reference to identical objects
|
| Trio
|
3
|
Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance
|
| Few
|
3
|
Small number of something
|
| Quartet
|
4
|
Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance
|
| Great gross
|
1,728
|
A dozen gross (12x144)
|
| Hat-trick
|
3
|
The achievement of, a generally positive feat, three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three
|
| Several
|
3+
|
Three or more but not many.
|
| Small gross
|
120
|
Ten dozen (10x12)
|
| Great hundred
|
120
|
Ten dozen (10x12) or six score (6x20), also known as long-hundred or twelfty
|
| None
|
0
|
Zero
|
| Lakh
|
100,000
|
Indian numbering system: One hundred thousand
|
| Crore
|
10,000,000
|
Indian numbering system: ten million
|
