rupees
- 1Plural of rupee.
The vendor quoted three hundred rupees for the silk scarf.
He exchanged his dollars for several thousand rupees at the airport counter.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s, and one that covers several different moneys at once: the currencies of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Seychelles all count in rupees. When the country matters, name it: Indian rupees, Sri Lankan rupees. Historians use the same plural for the old silver coins weighed at one tola, and the currency of Hyrule is counted in rupees too.
rupees is a form of rupee
rupee, noun: The basic unit of money used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and several other South Asian and Indian Ocean nations. Full entry
- Forms
- rupeerupees plural
- Spelling
- rupee → rupees: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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