rupee Definition
ru·pee (ro̵̅o̅′pē, ro̵̅o̅ pē′)
noun
the basic monetary unit of:
- India
- Mauritius
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- the Seychelles
- Sri Lanka
Etymology: Hindi rūpiyah < Sans rūpyaḥ, wrought silver
rupee Finance Definition
The
currency unit of Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, comprised of
100 cents. Nepal also uses the rupee; its unit is comprised of 100 paisa.
rupee Usage Examples
Converse of object
- earn: In India they could earn 5000 Indian rupees per month which is about £ 60.
- spend: For every rupee spent on the new seeds, a farmer can reap up to 5 rupees of crop.
- pay: The women are paid 40 rupees for 6 hours work.
- cost: It is said to have cost 10 million rupees to build, much of it spent on the opulent marble royal palaces within.
- invest: Over 30 years it has invested two billion rupees in India's social development.
- offer: The Master asked one of his companions to offer a rupee in the shrine, according to the Hindu custom.
Adjective modifier
- Indian: In India they could earn 5000 Indian rupees per month which is about £ 60.
- few: Krishna uses his last few rupees to travel to a city, which by luck of the draw turns out to be Bombay.
- Mauritian: Currency The Mauritian rupee ( Rs ) is divided into 100 cents.
- Nepali: I earn about 700 Nepali rupees a week from knitting sweaters.
Modifies a noun
note: I only have a 100 rupee note - relatively speaking, a fortune.
Preposition: per
- month: In India they could earn 5000 Indian rupees per month which is about £ 60.
- day: Before the tsunami we were earning 100 rupees per day.
- week: Cost: The Placement Cost to participate in these camps will be 3750 Indian Rupees per week ( approx.
Noun used with modifier
crore: Even then, the financial demand runs into tens of crores rupees per year.
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