ninety
['nainti]
num. 十, 十



ninety
[ noun ]

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine

<noun.quantity>

[ adj ]

1. being ten more than eighty

<adj.all>

Ninety \Nine"ty\, a. [See {Nine}, and cf. {Forty}.]
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.


Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. {Nineties}.
1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit
than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.

2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.