rupee

[ roo-pee, roo-pee ]

/ ruˈpi, ˈru pi /

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noun

a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.

a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, equal to 100 cents.

Also called rufiyaa. a coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to 100 laris.

a former monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 naye paise.

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Origin of rupee

First recorded in 1605–15, rupee is from the Hindi word rupayā

Words nearby rupee

runway, run wild, run with, Runyon, RUOK, rupee, Rupert, Rupert's Land, Rupes Altai, rupestrine, rupiah

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How to use rupee in a sentence

Supply chain disruptions due to the Ukraine-Russia war, fears of a global recession, soaring inflation, and current account imbalance have pushed foreign investors into dumping the rupee for the dollar.
The Indian rupee is not the worst performing currency in Asia—yet|Mimansa Verma|July 15, 2022|Quartz
The rupee is falling in part because foreign investors have decided this is a bad time to be investing in India.
India’s Rupee Drops Off a Cliff|William O’Connor|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
First, the cost of printing a newspaper shot up due to increasing newsprint prices and a depreciating rupee.
Journalists as Advertisers|Justin Green|October 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At the end of the dance Hamilton took a rupee from his pocket and threw it across the tin lamps towards her feet.
Six Women|Victoria Cross

Wagajee walked up to the boiling oil, dipped his hand into it, and laid hold of the rupee.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
Anna, an′a, n. an Indian coin worth nominally 1d sterling, but always the sixteenth part of a rupee.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
With one hand he threw down a silver rupee, with the other he seized the mahout's muslin garment and hurled him after the coin.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
Let the administration of the country be Native; let not one rupee come into the Company's coffers.'
Forty-one years in India|Frederick Sleigh Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for rupee

rupee

/ (ruːˈpiː) /

noun

the standard monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan (divided into 100 paise), Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles (divided into 100 cents)

Word Origin for rupee

C17: from Hindi rupaīyā, from Sanskrit rūpya coined silver, from rūpa shape, beauty

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