ration
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈræʃən/
:
ración
- During the war, each family received a monthly ration of food to ensure they had enough supplies.
- food rations
- receive rations
- distribute rations
And that's really my Wiley Wallaby ration for the day.
- And that's really my Wiley Wallaby ration for the day.
- You'll make up your own dinner from the rations.
- It's not a grain heavy diet, but we all need like a balanced ration.
- So early in Christmas Day, we'll get out of their trenches and they'll exchange rations.
- We're less likely to, you know, toil in a field under a king who gives us like these meagre rations.
Examples
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Snowstorms slowed their process even further and food rations were cut to a bare minimum.
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It rains constantly, rations have been halved and morale is at rock bottom.
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I just need my daily gas ration from the Sheriff.
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A ration system will be established to buy more time to find a solution to the deepening food crisis.
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"In that case, you'll have to give up the ration books and not use them again."
Fiction book (1993) -
As you can see, we have enough rations to live down here comfortably... for a good six months.
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The weather and available rations play their part in determining how soldiers feel about their lot.
Academic text (2002) -
So you got rations from the government, you got like flour, sugar, milk, so forth.
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The World Food Program has halved its food rations for people in the camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
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Without adequate provisions, many residents sought charity from benevolent associations and rations from the Freedmen's Bureau.
Academic text (2008)
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.0
A government card that lets you buy limited goods like food or fuel during shortages
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ration comes from the Latin word ratio meaning 'reason' or 'a careful count'. It originally meant a 'calculated share', so a ration is a fixed amount of food or supplies given to each person.