ruble

noun

ru·​ble ˈrü-bəl How to pronounce ruble (audio)
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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Washington has sanctioned Chinese firms over dual-use goods and warned banks handling ruble transactions. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Starting in December of that year, a number of Starovoit’s former colleagues and subordinates were implicated in embezzlement of military funds—including 19 billion rubles (around $250 million) that had been allocated for defenses along the Ukrainian border. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025 The two countries have also increasingly settled transactions in rubles and yuan with Putin announcing that 90% of the two countries transactions are being settled in those currencies as of December 2024, sidestepping Western financial systems. Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025 The space agency had lost 180 billion rubles ($2.24 billion) by August 2024 and planned to put up non-core assets worth more than 11.4 billion rubles up for sale to shore up its activities. Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ruble

Word History

Etymology

Russian rubl'

First Known Use

1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ruble was in 1557

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“Ruble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruble. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

ruble

noun
ru·​ble
variants also rouble
ˈrü-bəl
1
: the basic unit of money of Russia and formerly of the U.S.S.R.
2
: a coin representing one ruble

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