rupee

noun

ru·​pee rü-ˈpē  ˈrü-ˌpē 

: the basic monetary unit of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka see Money Table

Examples of rupee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to Rae, any guilt the scammers felt was canceled out by the increasingly skewed conversion rate between the American dollar and Pakistani rupee. — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026

The firm's losses have widened continuously from 52 million rupees in the financial year ended March 2022, as per data from Tracxn. — Priyanka Salve,jenny Lee, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Gandhirajan estimated that the one-day shutdown cost the government around 84 lakh rupees, or $86,800, in GST revenue. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

India was so proud of its Mars orbiter that the country put the spacecraft on a 2000-rupee bank note in 2016. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu rūpaiyā, from Sanskrit rūpya coined silver

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rupee

• be
• bee
• bree
• cree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he

Kids Definition

rupee

noun

ru·​pee rü-ˈpē  ˈrü-ˌpē 

1

: the basic unit of money of any of several countries (as of India and Pakistan)

2

: a coin representing one rupee

Etymology

from a word in Hindi and Urdu (the main language of Pakistan) rūpaiyā "a unit of money"