ration

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: ration out

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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 (2)

  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”Synonyms: ration out
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ration \Ra"tion\ (r[=a]"sh[u^]n or r[a^]sh"[u^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]

Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment. [1913 Webster]

Ration \Ra"tion\, v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment. [1913 Webster]
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