variants
or rouble
1
the basic monetary unit of Russia see Money Table
2
: the basic monetary unit of Belarus see Money Table
Examples of ruble in a Sentence
She gave the driver a ruble.
The ruble fell against the U.S. dollar.
Recent Examples on the Web
According to filings on Russia’s tax website, Unilever sales there rose 5% to 62 billion rubles ($680 million) last year, with its tax on income up 7% to 2.8 billion rubles.
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Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The Russian leader lauded the two countries’ use of rubles and renminbi to settle trade to circumvent U.S. restrictions on using dollars.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Gazprom Group’s investments are planned at 2.57 trillion rubles this year, according to the report.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 3 May 2024
Revenue from gas fell by 40% to 4.88 trillion rubles, according the report.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 3 May 2024
Records show that employees at troll farms earned 60,000 rubles a month, or $660, for writing 100 comments a day.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
One dollar recently bought as many as 100.3 rubles.
—Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2023
At an emergency meeting last month, the day after the ruble tumbled past 100 rubles to the dollar, the country’s central bank jacked up its main interest rate by 3.5 percentage points to 12%.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
The move comes after the country’s ruble broke below the psychological floor of 100 to a U.S. dollar, rendering each less valuable than a penny.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The Russian leader lauded the two countries’ use of rubles and renminbi to settle trade to circumvent U.S. restrictions on using dollars.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Gazprom Group’s investments are planned at 2.57 trillion rubles this year, according to the report.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 3 May 2024
Revenue from gas fell by 40% to 4.88 trillion rubles, according the report.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 3 May 2024
Records show that employees at troll farms earned 60,000 rubles a month, or $660, for writing 100 comments a day.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
One dollar recently bought as many as 100.3 rubles.
—Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2023
At an emergency meeting last month, the day after the ruble tumbled past 100 rubles to the dollar, the country’s central bank jacked up its main interest rate by 3.5 percentage points to 12%.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
The move comes after the country’s ruble broke below the psychological floor of 100 to a U.S. dollar, rendering each less valuable than a penny.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
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“Ruble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruble. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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