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Ration
ˈraʃn
Ration definitions
noun
ration
rations
- a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
"1947 saw the bread ration reduced"
allowance allocation quota fixed amount amount quantity share portion helping allotment measure part lot proportion percentage- an amount of food supplied on a regular basis, especially to members of the armed forces during a war
"British rations were highly prized by American soldiers"
- food; provisions
"their emergency rations ran out"
- a fixed amount of a particular thing
"holidaymakers who like a generous ration of activity"
verb
ration
rationed
rationing
rations
- allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity)
"petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand"
control limit (to a fixed amount) restrict (the consumption of) conserve budget distribute share out measure out divide out/up apportion give out deal out issue allocate allot dispense hand out pass out dole out parcel out- allow someone to have only (a fixed amount of a commodity)
"the population was rationed to four litres of water per person per day"