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Rupee - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Rupee : (noun)
1: the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents
[syn: Sri Lanka rupee]
2: the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents
[syn: Seychelles rupee]
3: the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisas [syn:
Nepalese rupee]
4: the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents
[syn: Mauritian rupee]
5: the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisas
[syn: Pakistani rupee]
6: the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise [syn: Indian
rupee]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rupee : \Ru*pee"\ (r[.u]*p[=e]"), n. [Hind. r[=u]piyah, fr. Skr.
r[=u]pya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.]
A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
Note: 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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RUPEE, comm. law. A denomination of money in Bengal. In the computation of
ad valorem duties, it is valued at fifty-five and one half cents. Act of
March 2, 1799, s. 61; 1 Story's L. U. S. 627. Vide Foreign coins.
2. TheRupee : of British India as money of account at the custom-house,
shall be deemed and taken to be of the value of forty-four and one half
cents. Act of March 3, 1848.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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