"Rupiah" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Rupiah" Meaning

The rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia. It is subdivided into 1,000 smaller units called sen, although the sen is no longer used in everyday transactions and is mostly a unit for the sake of understanding the decimal system.

"Rupiah" Examples

Here are 5 usage examples of the word "rupiah":

Example 1: Ordinal and Noun Use

The Indonesian rupiah (Rp 10,000) is the national currency of Indonesia but I use rupiahs for shopping at the night market.

Example 2: Collective Noun

The citizens of Jakarta are anxiously waiting for the exchange rate to appreciate the rupiah again.

Example 3: Countable Noun

I exchanged my 5000-yen bill for 50,000 rupiah at the currency exchange counter.

Example 4: Idomatic Expression

Indonesia is the country where rupiah and rice go in sync, therefore the cost of living is low.

Example 5: Positive and Negative Context

The entire city of Bali has expressed outrage as the country ottaonlean refused to help the country change it national currency to the Euro from Rupiah.

Laughing note: Indonesian currency hit 19974 IDR 1 USD