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Rand

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Noun

1. rand

the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents

2. ayn rand, rand

United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)

3. rand, reef, witwatersrand

a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rand

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noun
the standard monetary unit of the Republic of South Africa, divided into 100 cents
noun
1. 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. 
a strip of cloth; selvage
noun
the Rand
noun
Ayn (aɪn), real name Alisa Zinov'yena Rosenbaum.1905–82, US writer born in Russia. Her novels include The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957); her philosophical outlook has been an influence among conservatives and libertarians in the US

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Rand

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the Witwatersrand
noun
1.  British
an edge, border, or margin, as the unplowed strip around a field
2. 
a leather strip attached to the back of a shoe sole to level it before the heel is put on
nounWord forms: plural rand
the basic monetary unit of South Africa
see the table of monetary units in the Reference Supplement

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rand

see synonyms of rand
n.
See Table at currency.
n.
A strip of cloth or leather used to support the shoe at the heel.
See Witwatersrand.
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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