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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ration (plural rations)
- A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]portion allocated
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Verb
[edit]ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- 1986 December 21, F. Jay Deacon, “Emotionally-Laden Prejudice”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 4:
- A theocratic state in which an equation is drawn between the Catholic hierarchy and God and the rights of citizens may be rationed by the church according to its doctrines.
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to portion out, especially during a shortage of supply
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Anagrams
[edit]- Natori, aroint, traino, torani, Torain, Tanori, Triano, -inator, Troian, Torian, Tirano, Onrait, Nortia
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō. Doublet of raison, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ration f (plural rations)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Noun
[edit]ration (plural rationes)
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