ration

ration
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noun
ADJECTIVE
daily, monthly
full
double, extra

Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.

meagre/meager

The refugees waited for their meagre/meager rations of soup.

emergency, humanitarian, short, starvation, wartime rations

We've been put on short rations.

food, gasoline (AmE), petrol (BrE), water, etc.
VERB + RATION
give sb, hand out, provide (sb with)
get, receive
consume, eat, have, use, use up

You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!

cut, reduce

The guards are going to cut our rations again.

RATION + NOUN
book, card, coupon
PREPOSITION
on a/the ration

They are living on starvation rations.

ration of

our daily ration of bread

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verb
ADVERB
strictly

These foods had to be strictly rationed.

PREPOSITION
to

They were rationed to one bottle of water each per day.


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Synonyms:
(of food or drink),


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  • Ration — Ration …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • ration — [ rasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1643; « solde de militaire » XIIIe; lat. ratio « compte, évaluation » 1 ♦ Portion journalière (de vivres et de boissons) distribuée à chaque homme, dans l armée. Recevoir, toucher sa ration de pain, de viande, de tabac.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ration — n Ration, allowance, dole, pittance denote the amount of food, supplies, or money allotted to an individual. Ration implies apportionment and, often, equal sharing. Specifically it is applied in military and naval use to the daily supply of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Ration — Sf std. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. ration, dieses aus ml. ratio ( onis) berechneter Anteil , aus l. ratio ( ōnis) Berechnung, Vernunft , zu l. rērī (ratus sum) meinen, glauben, urteilen . Verb: rationieren; Adjektiv: rationell.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Ration — »zugewiesener Anteil, Menge; täglicher Verpflegungssatz (besonders der Soldaten)«: Das seit dem Ende des 17. Jh.s bezeugte, zunächst nur der Heeressprache angehörende Fremdwort ist aus gleichbed. frz. ration entlehnt, das auf mlat. ratio… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • ration — [rash′ən, rā′shən] n. [MFr < ML ratio, ration < L, a reckoning: see REASON] 1. a fixed portion; share; allowance 2. a fixed allowance or allotment of food or provisions, esp. a fixed daily allowance, as for a soldier 3. [pl.] food or food… …   English World dictionary

  • Ration — Ra tion (r[=a] sh[u^]n or r[a^]sh [u^]n), 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ration — [n] allotment of limited supply allowance, apportionment, assignment, bit, consignment, cut, distribution, division, dole, drag, food, helping, measure, meed, part, piece of action*, portion, provender, provision, quantum, quota, share, store,… …   New thesaurus

  • Ration — Ra tion, v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ration — Ration, 1) die einem Dienstpferde reglementmäßig zukommende tägliche Portion Heu u. Hafer. Man hat schwere R n, welche meist im Kriege aus 33/4 Berliner Metzen Hafer, u. leichte R n, welche aus 31/4 Metzen bestehen. Zu jeder gehören 3 Pfund Heu u …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ratĭon — (franz.), bestimmter Anteil, besonders militärisch die Menge Futter, die einem Dienstpferde täglich zukommt. Die Kriegsration beträgt im deutschen Heer 6000 g Hafer, 1500 g Heu und 1500 g Futterstroh, die Friedensration wird als große und kleine… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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