ruble

or rou·ble

[ roo-buhl ]

/ ˈru bəl /

noun

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

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Origin of ruble

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

Words nearby ruble

Rubinstein, Rubinstein, Arthur, Rubin test, rubious, Rubivirus, ruble, Rublyov, ruboff, rub off on, rub one's hands, rubor

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For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.
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In a humiliating turn of events, the ruble has lost about half its value against the dollar so far this year.
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His oft-neglected wife Zinaida outlived him by six years, but she “never saw a ruble” of the money generated by his success.
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When money leaves, turning rubles into dollars, Euros, and everything else, that puts pressure on the ruble.
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Since Putin began flexing his muscles in the Crimea last fall, the ruble has lost 10 percent of its value against the dollar.
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I gave her a ruble, and I recollect being very glad that others saw it.
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Returning, I find Antek looking awry and distrustfully on a whole package of hundred ruble notes which are lying on the table.
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Finland has, also, heretofore been privileged to coin her own money,—but now the Russian ruble is supreme.
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"I came to bid you farewell," he said, crumpling an envelope containing a hundred ruble bill.
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He walked swiftly away, but he dropped a ruble into Anna's hand as he passed her by.
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British Dictionary definitions for ruble

ruble

/ (ˈruːbəl) /

noun

a variant spelling of rouble

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