ruble

or rou·ble

[ roo-buhl ]

noun

1. a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.

ruble

/ ˈruːbəl /

noun

1. a variant spelling of rouble

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruble¹

1545–55; < Russian rubl'; Old Russian rublĭ literally, stump, plug, derivative of rubiti to chop; probably originally denoting a piece cut from a silver bar, or a bar notched for division into smaller pieces

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.”

From Time

In the wake of the SWIFT ban, the ruble has plunged to a record low value.

From Time

After new Western sanctions were imposed in response to Russia invading Ukraine, the ruble appears to be on the verge of collapse.

From Washington Post

From a market perspective, sanctions against Russia will likely have the largest impact on currency markets, including the ruble, the Euro and the dollar.

From Washington Post

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.

From Washington Post

For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.

From The Daily Beast

In a humiliating turn of events, the ruble has lost about half its value against the dollar so far this year.

From The Daily Beast

But in Russia, the wooden ruble seems to be widely accepted.

From The Daily Beast

His oft-neglected wife Zinaida outlived him by six years, but she “never saw a ruble” of the money generated by his success.

From The Daily Beast

When money leaves, turning rubles into dollars, Euros, and everything else, that puts pressure on the ruble.

From The Daily Beast

But, owing to the great depreciation of the ruble, the actual expenditures were much less.

From Project Gutenberg

It is stuffed full of bills,—nothing but hundred-ruble notes.

From Project Gutenberg

"Yes, you won by the half-ruble last evening, and so you like it," exclaimed the Greek.

From Project Gutenberg

On her neck was a necklace wholly composed of half-ruble pieces.

From Project Gutenberg

Repa took a ruble out of the box, and went to the secretary.

From Project Gutenberg