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ration
[ rash-uhn, rey-shuhn ]
noun
- a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
a daily ration of meat and bread.
- an allotted amount:
They finally saved up enough gas rations for the trip.
- rations,
- provisions:
Enough rations were brought along to feed all the marchers.
- Chiefly South Atlantic States. food or meals:
The old hotel still has the best rations in town.
verb (used with object)
- to supply, apportion, or distribute as rations (often followed by out ):
to ration out food to an army.
- to supply or provide with rations:
to ration an army with food.
- to restrict the consumption of (a commodity, food, etc.):
to ration meat during war.
- to restrict the consumption of (a consumer):
The civilian population was rationed while the war lasted.
ration
/ ˈræʃən /
noun
- a fixed allowance of food, provisions, etc, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
a tea ration
- ( as modifier )
a ration book
- a sufficient or adequate amount
you've had your ration of television for today
verb
- often foll by out to distribute (provisions), esp to an army
- to restrict the distribution or consumption of (a commodity) by (people)
sugar is short, so I'll have to ration you
the government has rationed sugar
Other Words From
- un·rationed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ration1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He proposed taxing window shutters, rationing candles and having church bells ring at sunrise, and “if need be, have cannons fired in every street to open the eyes of lazy people.”
Partners would also "be forced to reduce food rations".
Outside the niche speciality, few noticed because doctors and health managers implemented a rapidly assembled rationing system for vital scans.
The government is backing plans for nine new reservoirs to ease the risk of rationing and hosepipe bans during droughts.
Two months later, BioMADE put out a call for proposals that used technology, including cell cultivation, to make sustainable food rations for the military.
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