Definition of ruble
the basic monetary unit of Russia — see Money Table
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Examples of ruble in a Sentence
She gave the driver a ruble.
The ruble fell against the U.S. dollar.
Recent Examples of ruble from the Web
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How much has the Trump family made, and where, and who has paid them, right down to the last ruble, renminbi, manat, shekel, peso, and loonie?
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Russia runs a surplus, but the ruble has been battered by new U.S. sanctions this year and is down 7.5% against the dollar.
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The information analyzed by the USA TODAY Network shows the Internet Research Agency paid 110,058 rubles, or $1,785, for the Facebook spot.
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That same year, the central bank of Russia pushed interest rates sharply higher — to 17 percent from 10.5 percent — to keep the ruble from collapsing in response to sanctions over the annexation of Crimea and a sharp drop in oil prices.
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But the Russian ruble has slid as sanctions took hold, badly hurting ordinary Russians.
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So instead of putting the ruble at risk, Russia encouraged its ally in Latin America to run the experiment on itself, the banker says.
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President Vladimir Putin struck an uncompromising stance over the crisis gripping Russia, accusing the U.S. and European Union of trying to undermine his nation and blaming external factors for the ruble's sharp drop.
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The ruble fell because stringent new sanctions on influential Russians are crimping demand for the currency.
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Origin and Etymology of ruble
Russian rubl'
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Definition of ruble for English Language Learners
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: the basic unit of money of Russia
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: a coin representing one ruble
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the ruble : the value of the ruble compared with the value of the money of other countries
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