zar

zar — abbreviation

1. a short written form of 'South African rand', the main unit of money in South Af

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釋義

a short written form of 'South African rand', the main unit of money in South Africa, often seen on price tags, financial documents, and currency exchange boards.

例句

The safari package costs 15,000 zar per person for a seven-day tour.

zar after a figure for prices

Thabo checked the foreign-exchange rate and saw that one US dollar was worth about 18 zar.

zar used with exchange rates

文法句型

zar + [amount]

用法筆記

ZAR is the ISO 4217 currency code for the South African rand, used mainly in written financial contexts such as bank statements, exchange rate tables, and invoices. In everyday South African usage, the short form 'R' (e.g., R50) is more common than 'zar'.

常見錯誤

❌The shirt costs 200 zar' (in spoken English).
✅The shirt costs 200 rand.
💡ZAR is a written abbreviation; in speech, people say 'rand' or 'R'.