Definition of RAND

Examples of rand in a Sentence

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The paper is a thick, slippery plastic that mimics the texture of the rand. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "Inside an All-White Town’s Divisive Experiment With Cryptocurrency," 6 June 2019 Short-rand positions versus the dollar jumped last week by the most since December to a three-month high, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. — Colleen Goko, Bloomberg.com, "South African Rand Is Back to Its Bad Old Way," 21 May 2018 The dollar was up 0.6% against the Brazilian real and gained 1.1% against the South African rand while rising against a broad range of other emerging-market currencies. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "China Data Weigh on Emerging-Market Currencies," 28 Feb. 2019 The crisis has added to the gloom surrounding South African assets, pushing the rand lower and sending stocks to six-month lows. — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, "South African Finance Minister Resigns," 9 Oct. 2018 The dollar was up 1.6% against the Brazilian real in late New York trading, and gained against the South African rand, Turkish lira and other emerging-market currencies. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "Emerging-Market Currencies Drop," 22 Jan. 2019 In the wake of the announcement, the rand, South Africa’s currency, surged in value. — Jennie Neufeld, Vox, "Vox Sentences: South Africa to withdraw, North Carolina to redraw," 29 Aug. 2018 In emerging markets, the dollar rose 1.6% against the South African rand and 0.3% against the Brazilian real. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "Investors Pile Into U.S. Dollar," 10 Dec. 2018 Photo: philippe huguen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images In emerging markets, the dollar was down 0.2% against the Mexican peso and fell 1.3% against the South African rand. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "Dollar Weakens After U.S.-China Trade Truce," 3 Dec. 2018

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