Rand (redirected from Rands)

Rand  (rnd, ränd)

See Witwatersrand.

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Rand  (rnd), Ayn 1905-1982.

Russian-born American writer primarily known for her polemical novels, such as The Fountainhead (1943), which espouse the doctrines of objectivism and political libertarianism.

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rand ¹  (rnd, ränd)

n.

See Table at currency.

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[Afrikaans, after(Witwaters)rand.]

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rand ²  (rnd)

n.

A strip of cloth or leather used to support the shoe at the heel.

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[Middle English, a strip, from Old English, border, margin.]

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Rand [rænd]

n

(Placename) the. short for Witwatersrand

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rand¹

n

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard monetary unit of the Republic of South Africa, divided into 100 cents

[from Afrikaans, shortened from Witwatersrand, referring to the gold-mining there; related to rand²]

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rand²

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) Shoemaking a leather strip put in the heel of a shoe before the lifts are put on

2. Dialect

a.  a strip or margin; border

b.  (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]

Thesaurus

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) Ayn Rand
	3.	Rand - a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Witwatersrand, Reef Transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers

Translations

rand [rænd] N → rand m

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rand [ˈrænd] [rand] (pl) n → rand m

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rand

n (= monetary unit) → Rand m

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rand [rӕnd]

the standard unit of South African currency. randi 란드(남아프리카 공화국의 화폐 단위) (南非貨幣)蘭特