rand
rand — noun
1. the official currency of South Africa — one rand is divided into 100 cents, and
the official currency of South Africa — one rand is divided into 100 cents, and is used to buy goods and pay for services throughout the country.
Eve exchanged her American dollars for rand at the Johannesburg airport.
exchange [currency] for rand
Diya paid 350 rand for a guided tour of the safari park.
pay [amount] rand for [item]
Selim gave the taxi driver 200 rand for the ride to the hotel.
Zola earns about 15,000 rand a month working at the hospital.
When Felipe visited Cape Town, one US dollar was worth about 18 rand.
- ZAR
the three-letter ISO currency code used in banking and foreign exchange markets; the equivalent of USD or EUR
- R
the symbol used before amounts, like the dollar sign ($); e.g. 'R50' means 50 rand
- South African rand
the full official name, used to avoid confusion with other currencies called 'rand'
文法句型
[number] + rand
rand + per + [unit]
用法筆記
Unlike most English currency names, 'rand' usually stays the same in the plural: '50 rand' (not '50 rands'), especially in formal financial writing.