Plural of rupee

regular plural

The plural of rupee is rupees.

Forms of rupee

But the amount required is in hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees.1999, Katar Singh, “Financing Rural Development”, in Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management, 2nd edition, New Delhi: SAGE...
Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad, who live in Haridwar, a city in northern Uttarakhand state, filed a petition this month seeking 50 million Indian rupees (about $643,000) in damages from their son, 35, and his wife, 31.2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN
The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars.From the entry money changer
"Young memsahib, an empty tiffin box costs ten rupees in the market.2011, Mahtab Narsimhan, The Tiffin, Toronto, Ont.: Dancing Cat Books, →ISBN. From the entry tiffin
In his dream he was drinking in Bombay, paying for rounds with ample rupees.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 136. From the entry liverishly

noun Any of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.
noun A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).
noun The primary currency of Hyrule.

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