Ru-pee', n.

n. [Hind. & Per. rūpiyah, rūpah, silver, a rupee, from Skr. rūpya, silver, wrought silver or gold, handsome.] A coin and money of account in the East Indies.

The gold rupee of Bombay and Madras is worth a little over 2½s. sterling, or about $7.00. The silver rupee, or sicca rupee, coined by the East India Company at Calcutta, is worth a little more than 2s. sterling, or nearly $0.50. Homans.