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

Latest fundraising follows Adani Enterprises’ 150 billion rupee qualified institutional placement in July. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

The compute pillar has onboarded more than 38,000 GPUs, and some compute rates are as low as 65 rupees an hour (or less than one dollar). — Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet through the Himalayas; a smokejumper designed a special high-altitude parachute to drop three hundred thousand Indian rupees to his escape party. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

The ship was also transporting 155 ingots of gold bullion valued at up to £2 million, allocated to the Bank of India as part of an effort to stabilize the rupee. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 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"