rations
/ (ˈræʃənz) /
(sometimes singular) a fixed daily allowance of food, esp to military personnel or when supplies are limited: See also iron rations
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How to use rations in a sentence
He begins to list them off: food rations, health clinics, education.
Revolutionary soldiers were given rye whiskey rations to get through the day.
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Without meat, Sitting Bull gave up his dream of independence and asked the Canadian government for rations.
They queued at roadside snack stands for rations of peanuts, a holiday tradition.
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For this reason they were obliged to diminish their rations, of which they had rather a small quantity.
She keeps me on ridiculously low rations, and if I had not brought my own outfit I don't think she would have sold me one.
Dope | Sax RohmerThis bureau distributed food rations and clothing to the Negroes and provided educational opportunities for them.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyWhen all the chairs are feet in air, Ren announces: "Soldiers, now we have beaten the Chinese, we will have our rations."
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceThe rations were small; and soon there was a cry that they were unfairly distributed.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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