rand
/rænd/
noun
- The basic unit of money in South Africa.
- She exchanged her dollars for rand before her trip to Johannesburg.
- The price of gold is often quoted in rand per ounce.
- The souvenir cost 150 rand at the market in Cape Town.
- A strip of leather used in shoemaking to fill the space between the sole and the upper.
- The cobbler inserted a rand to make the shoe fit more snugly.
- Old-fashioned boots often have a rand stitched between the sole and the leather upper.
- He replaced the worn rand on his hiking boots to keep them waterproof.