RUPEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rupee mean? 

• RUPEE (noun)
  The noun RUPEE has 6 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents

2. the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents

3. the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa

4. the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents

5. the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa

6. the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise

  Familiarity information: RUPEE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUPEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

rupee; Sri Lanka rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Sri Lankan monetary unit (monetary unit in Sri Lanka)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rupee"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

rupee; Seychelles rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Seychelles monetary unit (monetary unit in Seychelles)

Meronyms (parts of "rupee"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Nepalese rupee; rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Nepalese monetary unit (monetary unit in Nepal)

Meronyms (parts of "rupee"):

paisa (a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Mauritian rupee; rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Mauritian monetary unit (monetary unit in Mauritius)

Meronyms (parts of "rupee"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Pakistani rupee; rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Pakistani monetary unit (monetary unit in Pakistan)

Meronyms (parts of "rupee"):

paisa (a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Indian rupee; rupee

Hypernyms ("rupee" is a kind of...):

Indian monetary unit (monetary unit in India)

Meronyms (parts of "rupee"):

paisa (a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan)

 Context examples 

She showed it to me, Watson, and it was an Indian rupee.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)