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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Venezuela even started accepting payments in Russian rubles, bartered goods or cryptocurrency.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
The total face value of the hoard is 4,070 rubles in gold, which translates to approximately $250,000 USD today.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Maksimov’s plea to Putin failed to reverse the tax reform, which lowered the threshold for requiring businesses to pay VAT from 60 million rubles, or $783,000, in annual sales revenue, to 20 million rubles ($261,000) this year and to 10 million rubles ($130,500) by 2028.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
The total face value of the hoard is 4,070 rubles in gold, which translates to approximately $250,000 USD today.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Maksimov’s plea to Putin failed to reverse the tax reform, which lowered the threshold for requiring businesses to pay VAT from 60 million rubles, or $783,000, in annual sales revenue, to 20 million rubles ($261,000) this year and to 10 million rubles ($130,500) by 2028.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Ruble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruble. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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