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# rupee

noun (a rupee, rupees)

«rupee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The rupee is the money used in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius and other countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths money problems and geography lessons it is a currency, like pounds or dollars; its symbol in India is ₹. Phrases: a hundred rupees, Indian rupee.

### Examples

- The book cost 200 rupees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x1)
- India's money is called the rupee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x2)
- We changed pounds into rupees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x3)
- A rupee is divided into 100 paise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x4)
- The note was 500 rupees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x5)
- Sri Lanka also uses the rupee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x6)
- "Fifty thousand rupees," the prince replied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/#x7)

### Note

Countable: one rupee, two rupees. Use the exchange rate in problems. Indian symbol ₹; written Rs too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rupee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rupee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rupee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rupee.html) on Mova free.