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
Gazprom Group’s investments are planned at 2.57 trillion rubles this year, according to the report.
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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
The man said he had been promised half a million rubles (a little over $5,000).
—USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
Relatives of each of those who died would receive three million rubles ($32,500), while those injured and in hospital would receive one million rubles ($10,840).
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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
The man said he had been promised half a million rubles (a little over $5,000).
—USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
Relatives of each of those who died would receive three million rubles ($32,500), while those injured and in hospital would receive one million rubles ($10,840).
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Ruble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruble. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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