# ruble

Pronunciation: US say "ROO-buhl" /ˈɹubəl/; UK

## Noun

1. The basic unit of currency in Russia, Belarus, and Transnistria, divided into 100 kopeks.
   - Simple: The money used in Russia and Belarus to buy things and pay for goods.
   - _The ruble lost value sharply against the dollar over the past year._
   - _Vendors at the open-air market quoted all their prices in rubles._

## Origin

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ruble (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).