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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