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    ration
    /ˈraʃn/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity): "petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand" Similar controllimit (to a fixed amount)restrict (the consumption of)conserve

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  2. 1. : to supply with or put on rations. 2. a. : to distribute as rations often used with out. b. : to distribute equitably.

  3. RATION definition: 1. a limited amount of something that one person is allowed to have, especially when there is not…. Learn more.

  4. A ration is the fixed portion of food or other goods allowed to each person in times of shortages. In the military, a soldier’s meal is called a ration, especially if it’s portable. As a verb, to ration something is to allow each person to have only a specific amount.

  5. Ration definition: a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage. See examples of RATION used in a sentence.

  6. 1. a. 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. b. ( as modifier ): a ration book. 2. a sufficient or adequate amount: you've had your ration of television for today. vb ( tr) 3.

  7. When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have. The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week. They have begun to issue ration cards for basic necessities such as rice and flour.

  8. ration. noun. /ˈræʃn/. /ˈræʃn/. [countable] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war. the weekly butter ration.

  9. RATION meaning: 1 : a particular amount of food that is given to one person or animal for one day; 2 : food or supplies.

  10. RATION definition: 1. the amount of something that you are allowed to have when there is little of it available: 2…. Learn more.

  11. ration meaning, definition, what is ration: a fixed amount of something that people ...: Learn more.