ru·pee

(ro͞o-pē′, ro͞o′pē)

n. Abbr. r.

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[Hindi rupayā, rupiyā, from Sanskrit rūpyam, stamped silver coin, from rūpya-, well-formed, stamped, from rūpam, shape.]

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rupee

(ruːˈpiː)

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

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

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ru•pee

(ruˈpi, ˈru pi)

n.

the basic monetary unit of India, Mauritius, Nepal, and Pakistan.

[1605–15; < Hindi rupayā]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	rupee - the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents Sri Lanka rupee cent - a fractional monetary unit of several countries Sri Lankan monetary unit - monetary unit in Sri Lanka
	2.	rupee - the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents Seychelles rupee cent - a fractional monetary unit of several countries Seychelles monetary unit - monetary unit in Seychelles
	3.	rupee - the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa Nepalese rupee paisa - a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan Nepalese monetary unit - monetary unit in Nepal
	4.	rupee - the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents Mauritian rupee cent - a fractional monetary unit of several countries Mauritian monetary unit - monetary unit in Mauritius
	5.	rupee - the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa Pakistani rupee paisa - a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan Pakistani monetary unit - monetary unit in Pakistan
	6.	rupee - the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise Indian rupee Indian monetary unit - monetary unit in India paisa - a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

Translations

rupie

rupi

Rupie

roupie

rúpia

rúpía

rupia

rupija

roepie

rupi

rupia

rupijaрупија

rupi

卢比印度、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡等国的货币单位

rupee

[ruːˈpiː] N → rupia f

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rupee

[ˌruːˈpiː] n → roupie f

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rupee

n → Rupie f

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rupee

[ruːˈpiː] n → rupia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rupee

(ruˈpiː) noun

the standard unit of currency in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka etc.

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"So thou wilt take the hide to Khanhiwara for the reward, and perhaps give me one rupee? Now it is in my mind that I need the skin for my own use.

"If thou art so wise, better bring his hide to Khanhiwara, for the Government has set a hundred rupees on his life.

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Therefore they were coveted all along the border, and since demand inevitably breeds supply, they were supplied at the risk of life and limb for exactly their weight in coined silver - seven and one half pounds' weight of rupees, or sixteen pounds sterling reckoning the rupee at par.

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For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange.

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Give me a rupee, Mahbub Ali, and when I come to my wealth I will give thee a bond and pay.'

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"'Consider, Sahib,' said he, 'that if this man is taken by the commandant he will be hung or shot, and his jewels taken by the government, so that no man will be a rupee the better for them.

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I pulled out a rupee, held the coin between finger and thumb, and looked-only look-at the gun leaning against the wall.

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She showed it to me, Watson, and it was an Indian rupee.

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The pay was eighty-five rupees a month, and Dinah Shadd said that if Terence did not accept she would make his life a "basted purgathory." Therefore the Mulvaneys came out as "civilians," which was a great and terrible fall; though Mulvaney tried to disguise it by saying that he was "Ker'nel on the railway line, an' a consequinshal man."

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"I offered the little fellow twenty rupees for him a month ago.

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"I was better off once, sir," he did not fail to tell everybody who "used the room." "My son, sir, is at this minute chief magistrate of Ramgunge in the Presidency of Bengal, and touching his four thousand rupees per mensem.

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"I say they will NOT follow till I choose; but a horse is well thought of, for Messua is tired." Her husband stood up and knotted the last of the rupees into his waist-cloth.

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