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US
/ˈɹæʃən, ˈɹeɪʃən/
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[ UK /ɹˈæʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈæʃən/ ]
VERB
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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
NOUN
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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)
How To Use ration In A Sentence
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- When the King heard this, he bade his son be slain; but on the next day the second Wazir came forward for intercession and kissed ground in prostration. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- There is a tradition of magickal practice in my family but sadly it fell into abeyance a couple of generations back.
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- You just can't let a little thing like his being already dead get in the way of a good, irrational hatful desire to kill! Tom Cruise is a LOT OLDER than I thought
- Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
- Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).