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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 byout ).
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)
the government has rationed sugar
sugar is short, so I'll have to ration you
Other Word Forms
- unrationed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ration1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"It was an-eye opener. I learned ration breathing. I started breathing through my nose more and using my belly."
“If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Nov. 6.
Nearly 800 million Indians, he notes, now rely on free rations.
He had finished eating his rations, but he was still hungry.
But he said that even rationing might not be enough to prevent a disaster.
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