ration
[noun]
Synonyms:
- allowance, allotment, helping, measure, part, portion, quota, share
[verb]
Synonyms:
- limit, budget, control, restrict

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Related Words: assignment, consignment, distribution, division, allocate, allot, assign, mete (out)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ra‧tion¹ /ˈræʃən $ ˈræ-, ˈreɪ-/ noun
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Latin ratio; ⇒ ratio]

1. [uncountable and countable] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war
food/clothes/meat etc ration
the weekly meat ration
a coal ration of 4 kg a month
on ration
Even wool was on ration in the war.

2. rations [plural] a fixed amount of food given to a soldier or member of a group:
emergency food rations
The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations).
We were on short rations (=given a smaller amount than usual).

3. [singular] an amount of something that you think is reasonable or normal
ration of
holidaymakers who like a generous ration of open-air activity

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. ration² verb [transitive]

1. [usually passive] to control the supply of something because there is not enough:
Fuel was rationed during the war.

2. to allow someone only a small amount of something:
the need to ration health care resources
diets which ration fat
ration somebody/something to something
He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day.
I try to ration the children’s television viewing to an hour a day.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ration
noun
ADJ. daily, monthly | double, entire, extra, full Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.
meagre The refugees queued up for their meagre rations of soup.
emergency, short, starvation, wartime ~s We've been put on short rations.
cigarette, food, petrol, etc.
VERB + RATION give sb, hand out, provide (sb with) | get, receive | consume, have, use up You've had your ration of sweets for the day!
cut, reduce The guards are going to cut our rations again.
RATION + NOUN book, card, coupon
PREP. on a/the ~ living on starvation rations
~ of our daily ration of bread

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

ration
verb
ADV. strictly These foods had to be strictly rationed.
PREP. to The soldiers were rationed to one litre of water each per day.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲