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rou⋅ble

  [roo-buhl]
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–noun
ruble.

ru⋅ble

  [roo-buhl]
–noun
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
Also, rouble.

Origin:
1545–55; < Russ rubl'; ORuss rublĭ lit., stump, plug, deriv. of rubiti to chop; prob. orig. denoting a piece cut from a silver bar, or a bar notched for division into smaller pieces
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rou·ble   (rōō'bəl)   
n.  Variant of ruble.
ru·ble also rou·ble   (rōō'bəl)   
n.  See Table at currency.

[Russian rubl', from Old Russian rublĭ, cut, piece (probably originally a piece cut from a silver bar), from rubiti, to chop, hew; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
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rouble

the monetary unit of Russia (and the former Soviet Union) and Belarus (spelled rubel).

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