Rupee

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rupee
       n 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}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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. The rupee 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.