rand

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Under this plan, the currency board will initially be capitalised by South Africa and the rand will be allowed to circulate legally in Zimbabwe.

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  1. noun See Table at currency.
  2. noun A strip of cloth or leather used to support the shoe at the heel.

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  • At 9. 04am the rand was bid Johannesburg - The rand was a fraction off against the dollar in early jobs data out of the US. —  WN.com - Business News
  • Under this plan, the currency board will initially be capitalised by South Africa and the rand will be allowed to circulate legally in Zimbabwe. —  Institute for War & Peace Reporting:
  • For one thing the rand is a volatile and vulnerable currency and for another this country has a disturbing number of catastrophic accidents, particularly in the lower levels of rugby, every year. —  Mail & Guardian Online
  • The condensed consolidated interim financial results are presented in rand, which is Sasol Limited's functional and presentation currency. —  Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA
  • The rand, which is effectively the country's share price, fell 2,5\% against the dollar. —  Mail & Guardian Online
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  1. Afrikaans, after(Witwaters)rand .
  2. Middle English, a strip, from Old English, border, margin.

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  1. from Middle English rand, border, margin, edge, strip, slice, from Anglo-Saxon rand, rond, border, edge, brink, margin, shore, the rim or boss of a shield, a shield, buckler, = Dutch rand = Middle Low German rant, edge, border, etc., = Old High German rant, Middle High German rant, border, rim or boss of a shield, a shield, German rand, border, brim, rim, edge, etc., = Icelandic rönd, a stripe, a shield, = Swedish Danish rand, a stripe, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *randa (prob. found in the derived Spanish randa, lace or edging on garments); cf. Lithuanian rumbas, Old Bulgarian reby, border, edge, rind, seam; akin to rim, q. v. Hence ult., through Old French, English random.
  2. A variant of rant.
 

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