Rand Definition

rănd
noun
An edge, border, or margin, as the unplowed strip around a field.
Webster's New World
A leather strip attached to the back of a shoe sole to level it before the heel is put on.
Webster's New World
The basic monetary unit of South Africa.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • ayn rand
  • reef
  • witwatersrand
pronoun

(South Africa) The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.

Wiktionary

A surname.

Wiktionary
abbreviation

(law) Reasonable and nondiscriminatory; a standard used with respect to licensing.

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Other Word Forms of Rand

Noun

Singular:
rand
Plural:
rands

Origin of Rand

  • From Afrikaans, from Dutch rand; compare English rand.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English a strip from Old English border, margin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rand Sentence Examples

  • The Rand reefs, first mined in 1886, cover a large area.

  • Taylor, Political rand Constitutional History of Roane (1899).

  • The chief exports, not all products of the province, are coal, wool, mohair, hides and skins, wattle bark, tea, sugar, fruits and jams. The import trade is of a most varied character, and a large proportion of the goods brought into the country are in transit to the Transvaal and Orange Free State, Natal affording, next to Delagoa Bay, the shortest route to the Rand.

  • Two years later, in 1886, the Rand goldfields were proclaimed, and the tide of trade which had already set in with the Transvaal steadily increased.

  • Meantime it was agreed by the Cape, Transvaal and Natai governments that, subject to Natal entering the Union, its share of the Rand import trade should be 25% before and 30% after the establishment of the Union.

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Words Starting With

RRARAN

Words Ending With

DNDAND

Unscrambles

rand

Words Starting With R and Ending With D

Starts With R & Ends With DStarts With RA & Ends With DStarts With R & Ends With ND

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With D