| Pronunciation: | | 'rashun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
- [n] a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
- [v] distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
- [v] restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
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| | Synonyms: | | ration out |
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| | See Also: | | allocate, apportion, circumscribe, confine, fare, field ration, limit, part, percentage, portion, share |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Ra"tion\, v. t.
To supply with rations, as a regiment.
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