Definition of Rouble

1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Russia.

Exact synonyms: Ruble
Generic synonyms: Russian Monetary Unit
Terms within: Copeck, Kopeck, Kopek

Definition of Rouble

1. n. A coin. See Ruble.

Definition of Rouble

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of ruble) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rouble

1. ruble [n -S] - See also: ruble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouble

rotunding
rotundities
rotundity
rotundly
rotundness
rotundnesses
rotundone
rotunds
roturer
roturers
roturier
roturiers
rotynge
rouaite
roubaultite
rouble (current term)
roubles
rouche
rouches
roucou
roucous
roue
rouen
rouens
roues
rouet
rouets
rouge
rouge et noir
rouge plant

Literary usage of Rouble

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

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"... of which 405 parts go to 1 silver rouble, producing l^i silver rouble«. Тм equivalent of one silver rouble would accordingly be ..."

2. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"It was in this cutting off, in Russian, rubat, that the name rouble originated. ... Half, quarter, fifth, tenth, and twentieth parts of a rouble are also ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"By the official valuation of the paper rouble, in the payment of taxes, a few years since, one silver rouble was equal to three roubles sixty copecks paper. ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1841)
"2 dwt. pure silver, equal to 7778} parts Russian weight, of which 405 parts go to 1 silver rouble, producing U} silver roubles. The equivalent of one silver ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"rouble, RUBLE, or RUBEL, the unit of the Russian money system. Pieces of peltry formed, in early times, the ordinary medium of exchange in Russia ..."

6. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"Four crowned n's interlinked ; in 50094 Ж. rouble, 1725. Similar type. ... VF » 6 6 50106 Ж. rouble, 1735. Head large and of different style. ..."

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