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rands Definition


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rand1
noun
    rand, rands
    1. The standard monetary unit used in South Africa and some neighbouring countries. See also Krugerrand.
Etymology: 1960s, adopted at decimalization: named after Witwatersrand, a large gold-mining area near Johannesburg, and related to rand2.



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