со́тка

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nounfeminineinanimatecountable

1.
are (100 square metres)measurement
У нас уча́сток в шесть со́ток.
We have a plot of six ares.
A metric unit of area, one hundredth of a hectare; commonly used for garden plots.
2.
hundred (units of any measure)
На тра́ссе он де́ржит со́тку.
On the highway he keeps it at a hundred.
Colloquial: a hundred kilometres per hour, a hundred grams, etc.
3.
hundred-rouble notemoney
Займи́ мне со́тку до за́втра.
Lend me a hundred until tomorrow.
Colloquial for the 100-rouble banknote.
4.
(rare) one hundredth (of a unit of measure)engineering
Зазо́р всего́ две со́тки.
The gap is only two hundredths.
Colloquial, esp. in engineering: a hundredth of a millimetre or of a second.

Examples

Мы купили десять соток земли за городом.
We bought ten sotkas of land outside the city.
Соседу прирезали к участку ещё пять соток.
Another five sotkas were added to the neighbor’s plot.
Он дал мне одну сотку за услугу.
He gave me a hundred-ruble note for the favor.
На участке всего шесть соток огорода.
The plot has only six sotkas of vegetable garden.

со́ткаare (100 square metres); hundred (units of any measure); hundred-rouble note; one hundredth (of a unit of measure)
nounfeminine
со́товыйcellular; honeycomb
adjective