 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ration
noun
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)
verb
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 out}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ration \Ra"tion\, verb (used with an object)
To supply with rations, as a regiment.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ration \Ra"tion\ (r[=a]"sh[u^]n or r[a^]sh"[u^]n), noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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