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rand1 / rand; ränd; ränt/ • n. the basic monetary unit of South Africa, equal to 100 cents.rand2 • n. a strip of leather placed under the back part of a shoe or boot to make it level before the lifts of the heel are attached.

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Rand 1 / rand/ (the Rand) another name for Witwatersrand.

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rand (dial.) border, margin OE.; (dial.) strip, long slice XIV; strip of leather used in the sole of a boot or shoe XVI. OE. rand brink, bank, shield, corr. to OS. rand (Du. rand edge, ridge), OHG. rant (G. rand), ON. rǫnd edge, rim of a shield.

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rand. Border, fillet, margin, or rim, especially in landscape-gardening.

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Rand See Witwatersrand

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