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Definitions for Ration
ˈræʃ ən, ˈreɪ ʃənra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rationnoun

    the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)

    "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"

  2. rationverb

    a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

  3. rationverb

    restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war

    "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"

  4. ration, ration outverb

    distribute in rations, as in the army

    "Cigarettes are rationed"

Wiktionary

  1. rationnoun

    A portion designated to a person or group.

  2. rationverb

    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.

  3. rationverb

    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.

  4. rationverb

    To restrict (an activity etc.)

    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.

  5. Etymology: From ration.

Wikipedia

  1. Ration

    Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is most prevalent.: 8–12 Rationing is often done to keep price below the market-clearing price determined by the process of supply and demand in an unfettered market. Thus, rationing can be complementary to price controls. An example of rationing in the face of rising prices took place in the various countries where there was rationing of gasoline during the 1973 energy crisis. A reason for setting the price lower than would clear the market may be that there is a shortage, which would drive the market price very high. High prices, especially in the case of necessities, are undesirable with regard to those who cannot afford them. Traditionalist economists argue, however, that high prices act to reduce waste of the scarce resource while also providing incentive to produce more. Rationing using ration stamps is only one kind of non-price rationing. For example, scarce products can be rationed using queues. This is seen, for example, at amusement parks, where one pays a price to get in and then need not pay any price to go on the rides. Similarly, in the absence of road pricing, access to roads is rationed in a first come, first served queueing process, leading to congestion. Authorities which introduce rationing often have to deal with the rationed goods being sold illegally on the black market. Despite the fact that rationing systems are sometimes necessary as the only viable option for societies facing severe consumer goods shortages, they are usually extremely unpopular with the general public, as they enforce limits on individual consumption.

ChatGPT

  1. ration

    A ration is a fixed amount of a commodity allotted to a person on a regular basis or during a specific time period, especially food supplies or fuel issued during a shortage or in the military. It can also refer to the practice of controlling and dividing portions of resources or the amount consumed or used, usually during scarcity or wartime.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rationnoun

    a fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence

  2. Rationnoun

    hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment

  3. Rationverb

    to supply with rations, as a regiment

  4. Etymology: [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ration

    rā′shon, n. the quantity of provisions distributed to a soldier or sailor daily: an allowance.—n. Rā′tion-mon′ey, money paid as commutation for rations. [Fr.,—L. ratio.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. ration

    Each man's daily allowance of provisions; including, in the army, fuel and forage to man and horse.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. ration

    A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, drink, and forage, assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his daily subsistence, and for the subsistence of horses, etc.

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  1. traino

  2. aroint

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ration in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Ration in a Sentence

  1. Joshua Wechsler:

    You know, we saw a lot of weight loss among our patients, because they frankly didn't have a choice but to ration, and there just wasn't much we could do.

  2. Denis McDonough:

    If his estimations are wrong about what we will spend in any given year, that means that we may have to ration care for veterans.

  3. Alladi Devakumar:

    It has been seen that most Dalits and Adivasis, find it difficult to get these government ID cards... or ration cards. Either the information doesn't reach them, or the enrollment camps to get biometric IDs are never set up in their villages and mostly they are asked to pay huge bribes to get these IDs made.

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