Petroruble
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Money in rubles earned from the sale of oil. rare
"Nevertheless, even this growth rate may lead to a serious deterioration in the terms of trade for Eastern Europe and may demand greater Soviet financial assistance in default of higher Soviet subsidies and a recycling of petrorubles earned from the export of oil, perhaps in the form of low interest rate trade credits."
Example
More examples"Nevertheless, even this growth rate may lead to a serious deterioration in the terms of trade for Eastern Europe and may demand greater Soviet financial assistance in default of higher Soviet subsidies and a recycling of petrorubles earned from the export of oil, perhaps in the form of low interest rate trade credits."
Etymology
From petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) + rouble.
More for "petroruble"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.