A Quick and Simple Dictionary

RAND

1. (initialism) .  (legal) Reasonable and nondiscriminatory; a standard used with respect to licensing.
2. Proper noun.  (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.
3. Proper noun.  (surname) .
4. Noun.  (context, obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land.
5. Noun.  (context, obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat.
6. Noun.  a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
7. Noun.  (context, basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
8. Noun.  a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand.
9. Noun.  The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.