kopeck

American  

[koh-pek] / ˈkoʊ pɛk /

Or kopek,

noun

1. an aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, one 100th of a ruble.

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kopeck British  

/ ˈkəʊpɛk /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Russia and Belarus worth one hundredth of a rouble: coins are still used as tokens for coin-operated machinery although the kopeck itself is virtually valueless

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Etymology

Origin of kopeck

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Russian kopéĭka, equivalent to kopʾë “lance, spear” + -ka diminutive suffix; so called from the lance with which the figure on the coin was armed

Example Sentences

Russian 1000-rouble banknotes, 50 and 10 kopeck coins are seen on a table at a private company's office in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia November 6, 2014.

From Reuters • Feb. 24, 2022

Too bad the fellow is actually no official at all — just a dissolute ne’er-do-well and lowly government clerk without a kopeck to his name, who merrily plays along.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2017

The naïve and yet not-so-naïve peasant still worries about the kopeck he lent the miser.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2017

Angry, Ms. Gorbunova decided not to repay a kopeck, she said in newspaper and television interviews.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2016

But when Witte arrived at the naval station at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to make the famous treaty with Japan, his first declaration was, "Not one kopeck for indemnity."

From The Audacious War by Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker)