Definitions for rupee

rupee ru·pee

Spelling: [roo-pee, roo-pee]
IPA: /ruˈpi, ˈru pi/

Rupee is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in rupee (eepru).

Definitions for rupee

noun

  1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
  2. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, equal to 100 cents.
  3. Also called rufiyaa. a coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to 100 laris.
  4. a former monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 naye paise.

Origin of rupee

First recorded in 1605-15, rupee is from the Hindi word rupayā

Examples for rupee

You paid a rupee, and took the change in rice or other commodities.

She was then ordered to pay as a fine her ear-ring, which was worth one rupee.

The man returned to the fakir, and complained that the rupee was a false one.

All right, we won't tempt them, and I put back the rupee I had taken out.

The rupee is falling in part because foreign investors have decided this is a bad time to be investing in India.

I gave the man a rupee, which he turned and weighed in his hand.

There is no need of consideration; I will go with you, though I only get a rupee a month.

Those fellows value a life at about a rupee, and sometimes not at that.

The fee for the self-inflicted laceration is one rupee, some rice, etc.

When he reached his house, he found the rupee had turned into a false one.

Word Value for rupee
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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