the standard monetary unit of Belarus and Russia, divided into 100 kopecks the former standard monetary unit of Tajikistan, divided into 100 tanga
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ru•ble or rou•ble /ˈrubəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Currencythe basic monetary unit used in Russia.
rou•ble
(ro̅o̅′bəl),USA pronunciation n.
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ru•ble
(ro̅o̅′bəl),USA pronunciation n.
- Currencya silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- Russian rubl'; Old Russian rublĭ literally, stump, plug, derivative of rubiti to chop; probably origin, originally denoting a piece cut from a silver bar, or a bar notched for division into smaller pieces
- 1545–55
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