rupee

noun

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

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Sales in the year ended March 2024 climbed nearly 10% to 25 billion rupees ($300 million) as total payment volume hit 15 billion rupees, up from 12.6 billion rupees a year earlier. Cat Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 The Indian rupee weakened 1% against the dollar since India’s initial strikes on Wednesday, with the currency ranking among the worst performers in Asia and seemingly forcing the central bank to intervene to curb excessive volatility. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025 Of the total India production, Apple exported 1.5 trillion rupees ($17.5 billion) in iPhones from the region in the fiscal year through March 2025, the nation’s technology minister said on April 8. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025 The Royals bought them for 11 million Indian rupees (around $130,000) after a bidding spree with the Delhi Capitals forced his price up. David Close, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rupee

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu rūpaiyā, from Sanskrit rūpya coined silver

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rupee was in 1610

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“Rupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rupee. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

rupee

noun
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"

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