📖 WordNook

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
    “The weekly rations included a loaf of bread, three apples, and two potatoes.”
verb
  1. distribute in rations, as in the army
    “Cigarettes are rationed”
    ration out
  2. restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
    “Bread was rationed during the siege of the city”