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ruble
[ roo-buhl ]
noun
- a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
ruble
/ ˈruːbəl /
Word History and Origins
Origin of ruble1
Example Sentences
In a Tweet, it announced that “Gazprom fully halts gas supplies to Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz and Poland’s PGNiG due to their failure to pay in rubles.”
In the wake of the SWIFT ban, the ruble has plunged to a record low value.
After new Western sanctions were imposed in response to Russia invading Ukraine, the ruble appears to be on the verge of collapse.
From a market perspective, sanctions against Russia will likely have the largest impact on currency markets, including the ruble, the Euro and the dollar.
Already, the value of the ruble fell by close to 30 percent between Friday and Monday before it pared back some of its losses, according to Bloomberg trading data.
For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.
In a humiliating turn of events, the ruble has lost about half its value against the dollar so far this year.
But in Russia, the wooden ruble seems to be widely accepted.
His oft-neglected wife Zinaida outlived him by six years, but she “never saw a ruble” of the money generated by his success.
When money leaves, turning rubles into dollars, Euros, and everything else, that puts pressure on the ruble.
But, owing to the great depreciation of the ruble, the actual expenditures were much less.
It is stuffed full of bills,—nothing but hundred-ruble notes.
"Yes, you won by the half-ruble last evening, and so you like it," exclaimed the Greek.
On her neck was a necklace wholly composed of half-ruble pieces.
Repa took a ruble out of the box, and went to the secretary.
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