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Recent Examples of rand from the Web
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The rand pared gains of as much as 1.7 percent against the dollar and was 0.6 percent stronger at 12.8016 per dollar at 00:12 a.m. on Monday in Johannesburg.
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RAND looked at 588 air-to-air shoot-downs since the 1950s and counted just 24 that occurred with the attacker firing from beyond visual range.
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Origin and Etymology of rand
the Rand, South Africa
First Known Use: 1941
RAND Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of rand for English Language Learners
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: the basic unit of money in the Republic of South Africa
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