ration
See also: Ration
English edit
Etymology edit
From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.
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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.
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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.)
- 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.
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to portion out, especially during a shortage of supply
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French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō. Doublet of raison, which was inherited.
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Noun edit
ration f (plural rations)
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Further reading edit
- “ration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun edit
ration (plural rationes)