rand1
/rand
/ /rɑːnt /noun
1The basic monetary unit of South Africa, equal to 100 cents.When the bid failed the rand fell against the dollar and shares dropped by 0.7 percent....
- The South African currency lost more than a rand against the US dollar on Thursday alone.
- A surge in gold prices and a broadly weaker U.S. dollar had supported the rand's recent rally.
2South African A long rocky ridge.
Origin
Sense 1 is from the Rand, the name of a goldfield district near Johannesburg; sense 2 is from Afrikaans, literally 'edge' (related to rand2).
Rhymes
rand2
/rand/noun
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.They also sell custom versions of their shoes, to include an extended rand....
- It is a mesh pattern which should allow for some breathability, and I've been assured that resoling the rand doesn't affect the rubber.
- Their rand is softer, their fit is better, bar none.
Origin
Old English (denoting a border): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rand and German Rand 'edge'. The current sense dates from the 16th century.
Rand3
/rand/ /rɑːnt/(the Rand)
Another name for Witwatersrand.
- water-pourer
- water poverty
- water power
- water-powered
- water press
- water pressure
- water-pressure engine
- water primrose
- water privilege
- waterproof
- waterproofer
- waterproofness
- water pump
- water-puppy
- water purification
- water purslane
- water-quake
- water race
- water rail
- water ram
- water rat
- water rate
- water rattle
- water rattler
- water rent