RATION DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
ration n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out] ration ariton aroint Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) ration I. noun Etymology: French, from Latin ration-, ratio computation, reason Date: circa 1711 1. a. a food allowance for one day b. plural food, provisions 2. a share especially as determined by supply II. transitive verb (rationed; rationing) Date: 1859 1. to supply with or put on rations 2. a. to distribute as rations — often used with out b. to distribute equitably c. to use sparingly Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary ration (rations, rationing, rationed) 1. 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... N-COUNT 2. When something is rationed by a person or government, you are only allowed to have a limited amount of it, usually because there is not enough of it. Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed... ...the decision to ration food... Motorists will be rationed to thirty litres of petrol a month... VERB: be V-ed, V n, be V-ed to amount, also V n to amount 3. Rations are the food which is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers. Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month... N-PLURAL 4. Your ration of something is the amount of it that you normally have. ...after consuming his ration of junk food and two cigarettes. N-COUNT: usu N of n 5. see also rationing English Explanatory Dictionary ration ˈræʃən n. & v. --n. 1 a fixed official allowance of food, clothing, etc., in a time of shortage. 2 (foll. by of) a single portion of provisions, fuel, clothing, etc. 3 (usu. in pl.) a fixed daily allowance of food, esp. in the armed forces (and formerly of forage for animals). 4 (in pl.) provisions. --v.tr. 1 limit (persons or provisions) to a fixed ration. 2 (usu. foll. by out) share out (food etc.) in fixed quantities. øgiven out with the rations Mil. sl. awarded without regard to merit. ration book (or card) a document entitling the holder to a ration. [F f. It. razione or Sp. raci×n f. L ratio -onis reckoning, RATIO] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ration \Ra"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.] 1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. 2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ration \Ra"tion\, v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms ration n. Portion (of food or drink), allowance. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) ration ˈræʃən n. 1 share, quota, allotment, portion, helping, part, provision, measure, dole, percentage, amount: Each person is permitted a weekly fixed ration of butter, sugar, coffee, meat, etc. We shall have to go on short rations till we are rescued. 2 rations. supplies, provisions, food, provender, victuals, viands, eatables, edibles, comestibles, Brit commons: It was not till the third week with our rations running low that we really began to worry. --v. 3 Often, ration out. allot, apportion, dole (out), give out, distribute, deal out, mete out, parcel out, measure out, hand out: As water was in short supply, we had to ration it. One cup was rationed out to each of us every morning. 4 budget, schedule, restrict, control, limit: Water had to be rationed to one cup a day for each of us. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 107 Moby Thesaurus words for "ration": administer, allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, batch, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, budget, bunch, chunk, clutch, comestibles, commission, commons, consignment, contingent, control, count, cut, deal, deal out, destiny, disburse, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, distribution, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dole, dole out, dose, eatables, edibles, end, equal share, fate, food, give out, gob, group, half, halver, hand out, heap, helping, hunk, interest, issue, large amount, limit, lot, measure, measure out, meed, mess, mete, mete out, modicum, moiety, number, pack, parcel, parcel out, part, pass around, pay out, percentage, piece, portion, portion out, proportion, prorate, provender, provision, provisions, quantity, quantum, quota, rake-off, rations, restrict, schedule, segment, share, shift, slice, small amount, small share, spoon out, stake, stock, sum, supplies, viands, victuals |
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