Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See ruble.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A coin. See ruble.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of ruble.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the basic unit of money in Russia

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Examples

  • A rouble is roughly equivalent to a dollar, maybe a little better and a kopek is equivalent to a cent.

    A Look Behind The Iron Curtain 1965

  • The Russian central bank has stepped into the foreign exchange market in a bid to hold up the rouble, which is being hurt by the conflict with Georgia.

    Russia holding up rouble amid Georgia crisis 2008

  • A rouble is a sticky thing; the longer it turns about in your hand, the more copecks will stick to it.

    The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

  • A rouble is a sticky thing; the longer it turns about in your hand, the more copecks will stick to it.

    The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902

  • A rouble is the Russian unit of value, worth seventy-seven cents.

    De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • The rouble was the world's third worst performing currency.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • In a separate briefing, Belarus 'Deputy Central Bank Chairman Vassily Matyushevsky said the central bank was planning a gradual devaluation of the Belarus rouble, which is managed against an undisclosed basket.

    The BEING HAD Times 2008

  • Since then, the ruble (or "rouble," as some spell it) has leaped in value, and the SCO just completed a summit (as member states conducted a joint military training venture) where Russia and Khazakstan made mention of an "Asian Energy Club."

    Stan Goff: Energy & Bubble & Other Stuff 2008

  • One of the stories on my agenda this season was to see what kind of rouble the Beach Patrol finds during Spring Break.

    SplicedFeed Ludi 2010

  • "It was a volatile day as the two recent main influences on the rand, namely the rouble and the yen went in opposite directions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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