rationing
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- noun
- /ˈræʃənɪŋ/
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racionamiento
- The wartime rationing of gasoline affected everyone's ability to travel freely.
- rationing system
- shortages and rationing
- food rationing
There will be rationing of food and other daily necessities and things like that.
- There will be rationing of food and other daily necessities and things like that.
- But also even looking at the terms of the law, the iPad Medicare rationing boards kicks in in the next the next presidency.
Examples
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On the positive side, rationing was an equalizer and welfare tool in the midst of scarcity.
Academic text (2006) -
Will Americans accept food rationing in order to feed millions of people worldwide?
Academic text (2000) -
Even before government rationing took effect, the demand for new cars fell nearly to zero.
Academic text (1997) -
We're on strict water rationing.
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There will be rationing of food and other daily necessities and things like that.
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Under the new communist regime, the free market system was eliminated and food rationing was introduced.
Academic text (1999) -
Further shortages, fuel rationing, and damaging price controls are predicted for the last quarter of 2000.
Academic text (2000) -
Consequences of that action in Syria and Iraq included power shortages, water rationing, and failed crops.
Academic text (1993) -
Oregon confronted rationing head-on in a policy to address demand for Medicaid services.
Academic text (1994) -
And the town of Texarkana, population 40,000, which straddles the Texas-Arkansas border, was regearing for peace after four years of rationing, war bonds, and shortages.
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Etymology
Rationing comes from ration, from the Latin root ratio meaning 'reason' or 'to count'. So, rationing is the system of giving each person a fixed, carefully counted share when supplies are short.