1. (noun)rand the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
2. (noun)Rand, Ayn Rand United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
3. (noun)Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese