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rand
rand [ rand ] (plural rand)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of S African currency: the main unit of South African currency
[Mid-20th century. After the Rand, gold-mining district in Transvaal, South Africa < Afrikaans rand "ridge of ground" < Dutch, "edge"]
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