Definition of Nepalese rupee

1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa.

Exact synonyms: Rupee
Terms within: Paisa
Generic synonyms: Nepalese Monetary Unit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepalese Rupee

Neosho
Neosho River
Neospora canium
Neosporin
Neotestudina rosati
Neotoma
Neotoma cinerea
Neotoma floridana
Neotoma fuscipes
Neotropic
Neozoic
Nepal
Nepal trumpet flower
Nepalese
Nepalese monetary unit
Nepalese rupee (current term)
Nepali
Nepaulese
Nepenthaceae
Nepeta cataria
Nepeta hederaceae
Nephelium
Nephelium lappaceum
Nephelium litchi
Nephelium longana
Nephelium mutabile
Nephilim
Nephite
Nephrolepis
Nephrolepis exaltata

Literary usage of Nepalese rupee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Business Practices (1993)
"•Population: 18.9 million •Currency: Nepalese rupee (NRs) NEPAL •GDP: US$2.85 billion ... The government is currently working to float the Nepalese rupee. ..."

2. Lectures on the Method of Science by Thomas Banks Strong, Thomas Cass, Francis Gotch, Charles Scott Sherrington, Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, William McDougall, Richard Carnac Temple, Alfred Henry Fison, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1906)
"The best instance comes from the Himalayas, where the octagonal Nepalese rupee, each part of the octagon containing the impression of a flower, ..."

3. Lectures on the Method of Science by Thomas Banks Strong, Thomas Cass, Francis Gotch, Charles Scott Sherrington, Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, William McDougall, Richard Carnac Temple, Alfred Henry Fison, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1906)
"... Nepalese rupee, each part of the octagon containing the impression of a flower, is split up by chipping and cutting into ' flowers' or eighth parts, ..."

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