numbers - English words for specific positive integers (e.g. dozen, score, gross, myriad)




  • Dozen = 12

  • Score = 20

  • Gross = 144

  • Grand = 1000

  • Myriad = 10,000

  • Googol = 10¹⁰⁰

  • Googolplex = 10Googol


Indian English: Lakh = 100,000 and Crore = 10,000,000.


Ignoring all the numbers already listed on Wikipedia (thousands, millions, billions, etc.; milliards, billiards, etc.; one, two, three, four, etc.), what other English words are there for specific positive integers?




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