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Rand
(rănd, ränd) See Witwatersrand.
rand 1
(rănd, ränd)n.
See Table at currency.
[Afrikaans, after (Witwaters)rand.]
rand 2
(rănd)n.
A strip of cloth or leather used to support the shoe at the heel.
[Middle English, a strip, from Old English, border, margin.]
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rand
(rænd; rɒnt)n
(Currencies) the standard monetary unit of the Republic of South Africa, divided into 100 cents
[C20: from Afrikaans, shortened from Witwatersrand, referring to the gold-mining there; related to rand2]
rand
(rænd)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) shoemaking a leather strip put in the heel of a shoe before the lifts are put on
2. a strip or margin; border
3. (Clothing & Fashion) a strip of cloth; selvage
[Old English; related to Old High German rant border, rim of a shield, Old Norse rönd shield, rim]
Rand
(rænd)n
(Placename) the Rand short for Witwatersrand
Rand
(rænd)n
(Biography) Ayn (aɪn), real name Alisa Zinov'yena Rosenbaum.1905–82, US writer born in Russia. Her novels include The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957); her philosophical outlook has been an influence among conservatives and libertarians in the US
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rand
(rænd)n., pl. rand.
the basic monetary unit of South Africa.
[1960–65; < Afrikaans, after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a major gold mining area]
Rand, The
(rænd)n.
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| Noun | 1. | rand - the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents cent - a fractional monetary unit of several countries South African monetary unit - monetary unit in South Africa |
| 2. | Rand - United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) | |
| 3. | Rand - a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers |
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n (= monetary unit) → Rand m
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rand
(rӕnd) – plural ~rand(s) – the standard unit of South African currency.
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