ruble

American  

[roo-buhl] / ˈru bəl /

Or rouble

noun

1. a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.

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ruble British  

/ ˈruːbəl /

noun

1. a variant spelling of rouble

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Etymology

Origin of ruble

1545–55; < Russian rubl'; Old Russian rublĭ literally, stump, plug, derivative of rubiti to chop; probably originally denoting a piece cut from a silver bar, or a bar notched for division into smaller pieces

Example Sentences

Gold has also lagged behind major currencies, including the Swedish kronor, Russian ruble, and Hungarian forint.

From Barron's

The outages caused five billion rubles in loss for companies in Moscow, equivalent to almost $63 million, over a period of five days, Kommersant reported Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the ruble isn’t far off its prewar valuation against the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal

All those tickets to purchase, and all those nights spent in hotels, and here she was without a ruble to her name!

From Literature

The ruble now accounts for 24% and the Chinese yuan dominates at 67% of payments, putting most Russian barrels outside the U.S. financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal