Ration - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈræʃn|  American pronunciation of the word ration
Brit.  |ˈræʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word ration

noun

- the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
the rations should be nutritionally balanced
- a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

verb

- restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
Bread was rationed during the siege of the city
- distribute in rations, as in the army
Cigarettes are rationed

Extra examples

The soldiers were given their rations for the day.

The horse was fed its ration of oats.

During the war, the government rationed gasoline.

...the region has had to ration water during times of drought...

I've already eaten my weekly ration of chocolate.

We've had more than our ration of problems recently.

We were rationed to ten gallons of gasoline a month.

My children would watch television all day, but I ration them.

We must ration the food out among the members of the climbing party.

Even wool was on ration in the war.

Fuel was rationed during the war.

He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day.

I try to ration the children's television viewing to an hour a day.

Bread was rationed during the siege of the city

Cigarettes are rationed

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: ration
he/she/it: rations
present participle: rationing
past tense: rationed
past participle: rationed
noun
singular: ration
plural: rations
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