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Webster 1913 Edition
Rupee
Ru-pee′
(rụ-pē′)
, Noun.
[Hind.
rūpiyah
, fr. Skr. rūpya
silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
☞ The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rupee
RUPEE'
, n.A silver coin of the East Indies, of the value of 2s. 4d. or 2s. 6d. sterling; about 52 or 56 cents.
Definition 2024
rupee
rupee
See also: rupée
English
Noun
rupee (plural rupees)
- The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, or Mauritius.
- A silver coin, circulating in India 16th–20th centuries, weighing 170–180 troy grains (180 troy grains from 1833) or one tola.
Related terms
- rupiah
- rufiyah
Translations
monetary currency
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References
Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., pp. 586, 604.