Lexic.us

Definition of Ruble

1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Tajikistan.

Definition of Ruble

1. n. The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.

Definition of Ruble

1. Noun. The ruble (French-derived transliteration rouble), a monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks. ¹

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Definition of Ruble

1. a monetary unit of the Soviet Union [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruble

Literary usage of Ruble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in by E. Polk Johnson, Lewis Publishing Company (1912)
"The ruble family comes of Teutonic stock, and our subject's grandfather. Samuel ruble, was born in Germany, emigrated to America, settled in western ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"In seven of them no valuation was attached to the ruble. In the eighth it was valued at 40 cents, and on this, which was the ninth in order, at 46 cents. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1910)
"The ruble Hydraulic Elevator. BY J. Met). PORTER, SPOKANE, WASH. ... In southwestern Oregon, two practical placer-miners named ruble, after working for ..."

4. Money and Currency in Relation to Industry, Prices and the Rate of Interest by Joseph French Johnson (1905)
"Nevertheless, that there was no definite purpose to adopt the gold standard was shown by a decree in 1885 declaring the legal unit to be the silver ruble of ..."

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