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.
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Gazprom's losses averaged at 20.6 billion rubles per week, 2.94 billion rubles per day, or 122 million rubles per hour, according to the Moscow Times.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Nonetheless, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Russian ruble hit an all-time high in March 2022 at $1 to ₽126.40, and the country’s inflation rate surged to 17.8% in April 2022.
—Kat Tretina, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
For comparison, this figure was 85 billion rubles in 2022 and 57 billion rubles in 2021.
—Sergey Baburov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Putin cannot slay inflation because Russian interest rates are already at a whopping 21%, and the Russian ruble is collapsing.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Nonetheless, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Russian ruble hit an all-time high in March 2022 at $1 to ₽126.40, and the country’s inflation rate surged to 17.8% in April 2022.
—Kat Tretina, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
For comparison, this figure was 85 billion rubles in 2022 and 57 billion rubles in 2021.
—Sergey Baburov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Putin cannot slay inflation because Russian interest rates are already at a whopping 21%, and the Russian ruble is collapsing.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ruble
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“Ruble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruble. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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