rationing

1. A regulated allocation of resources among possible users.

The U.S. government has engaged in rationing usually only under conditions of extreme shortage or economic hardship; certain resources were rationed, for example, during World War II.

Example Sentences

"The way the NHS is rationing these drugs has consequences beyond just obesity."

From BBC

The trade body said that was about half of that produced in 1990 and similar to production levels seen when rationing was still in place following the World War Two.

From BBC

They had enough provisions to last 150 days, but Lachlan said they started rationing their supplies in the final few weeks just in case of further delays in reaching Australia.

From BBC

For a while, I was rationing out my friend Taffy Akner’s last book, “Long Island Compromise.”

From Los Angeles Times

Their characters inject so much energy into the movie that Boyle and Garland seem to be rationing their best material as strictly as Spike denies himself that slice of pork.

From Los Angeles Times

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