rupiah
Americannoun
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rupiah,
plural
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rupiahs
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rupiah
First recorded in 1945–50; see origin at rupee
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However, the rupiah could come under renewed pressure from broad U.S. dollar strength, weaker external balances and declining foreign-exchange reserves, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It lowers the stock’s target price to 2,200.00 rupiah from IDR2,750.00 with an unchanged buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Born in Jakarta in 1963, Destry holds degrees from the University of Indonesia and Cornell University, and is expected to maintain a balance between shoring up growth and keeping the rupiah stable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Thanks to "improvements" in how state-owned enterprises are managed, profits rose more than 75 percent from 2024 to 326 trillion rupiah last year, the president said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Our goal is the prosperity of our people... Every rupiah of investment must create jobs and improve the quality of life of our people, especially those at the bottom."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
To make sure applicants can “contribute positively to the Indonesian economy,” they need to prove that they have 2 million Indonesian rupiahs in the bank, roughly equal to $130,000.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Its currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar, forcing Indonesian companies to cough up more rupiahs to pay back dollar-denominated loans.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Instead, there will be a tax of 21,000 to 22,000 rupiahs, about $2.50, per minute of film for each copy.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2011
The generals announced that over the next six months, all old rupiahs would be withdrawn from circulation and replaced by new rupiahs at a rate of one new rupiah for each 1,000 old.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inflation is out of control; banknotes in circulation have doubled in the past year, and the U.S. dollar, officially pegged at 45 rupiahs, now gets 1,500 rupiahs on the black market.
From Time Magazine Archive
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