rand

IPA: rˈænd

noun

  • (obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
  • (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  • (dialect) A border, edge or rim.
  • A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
  • (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
  • A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  • The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
  • (programming) A random number.
  • (South Africa) The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.
  • A surname.
  • A number of places, other than in South Africa:
  • A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).
  • A small town in Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  • An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
  • A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
  • Alternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa) [(obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.]
  • Initialism of Research and Development: a nonprofit global policy think tank.

verb

  • (intransitive, obsolete) To rant; to storm.

adjective

  • (law) Initialism of reasonable and nondiscriminatory: a standard used with respect to licensing.
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Examples of "rand" in Sentences

  • I'm no mindless Rand worshipper.
  • Rand wouldn't disagree with that.
  • The Loti is at par with the rand.
  • But this isn't really about Rand.
  • Rand believed the two to be incompatible.
  • But their claims about Rand are just that.
  • Rand by the way is not particularly unique.
  • Rand's Ethics are one and the same as Rand's Morality.
  • The center is the repository of the Charles Rand Penney Collections.
  • Rand lacked either the wit or the erudition to understand modern science.

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