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Fraction of a ruble
Answer for the clue "Fraction of a ruble ", 6 letters:
kopeck
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Word definitions for kopeck in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1/100 of a ruble, from Russian kopeika, from kop'e "lance" (cognate with Greek kopis "chopper, cleaver;" see hatchet ); so called because the coin showed the czar with lance in hand.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
kopeck \ko"peck\, n.; pl. Eng. kopecks , Russ. kopeek . [Russ. kopeika.] A small Russian coin, continued as a unit of currency within the Soviet Union. One hundred kopecks make a ruble. The ruble was worth about sixty cents (U. S.) in 1910; in 1991 a two-kopeck ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of kopek English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble [syn: kopek , copeck ]
Usage examples of kopeck.
The suspicious characters had disappeared completely and with them the stolen government money had vanished, too, one thousand, nine hundred and seventeen roubles and some kopecks, in paper and gold.
A comb as small as a seedy moustache, reduced from four kopecks to two.
For five kopecks they manipulated a grip that controlled a robot hand within a glass case.
Writers sat with telegram blanks to compose messages at five kopecks a word, men wadding up rejected attempts, women sitting more thoughtfully over one.
The guards, who meanwhile knew me well, often asked me to get them something from the market and for this pressed their kopecks trustingly into my hand.