Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Russian unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the ruble.
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- noun A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a
ruble . - noun Same as
kopiyka , a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of ahryvnia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
Etymologies
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Examples
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A five-kopek piece — that is your God! But you have expelled your conscience!
Fomá Gordyéeff 2010
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"[Gazprom] for the past half a year has not paid us one kopek," Lukashenko told reporters in Minsk after a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister.
Belarus to stop flow of gas to Europe in dispute with Russian gas company 2010
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"[Gazprom] for the past half a year has not paid us one kopek," Lukashenko told reporters in Minsk after a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister.
Belarus to stop flow of gas to Europe in dispute with Russian gas company Courtney Weaver 2010
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"[Gazprom] for the past half a year has not paid us one kopek," Lukashenko told reporters in Minsk after a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister.
Belarus to stop flow of gas to Europe in dispute with Russian gas company 2010
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Also, keep in mind that with shady music retailers, the copyright holder isn't likely to see a kopek of what you paid either, so you may as well save your money and opt for either a brand-name or piracy.
The Wonder of Economic Freedom, 2, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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- I will indulge myself anyhow -- before you go out into the real world and try to earn an honest kopek you had better learn to control your mouth, employers do not take kindly to loose cannons like you are presenting yourself here.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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"I swear," said Merkys, "that man would take your heart as collateral on a ten kopek loan."
DBTL 10: In Between Johnny Pez 2009
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"I swear," said Merkys, "that man would take your heart as collateral on a ten kopek loan."
Archive 2009-01-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Hitler's body had a bullet wound in the skull the size of a kopek (smaller than a dime).
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"I never took a kopek," says the judge, Mykola Zamkovenko, who was quickly fired and became a legislator in her party before falling out with her.
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