ration
noun
[ ˈraʃ(ə)n ]
• a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
• "1947 saw the bread ration reduced"
Similar:
allowance,
allocation,
quota,
fixed amount,
amount,
quantity,
share,
portion,
helping,
allotment,
measure,
part,
lot,
proportion,
percentage,
apportionment,
quantum,
moiety,
ration
verb
• allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity).
• "petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand"
Similar:
control,
limit (to a fixed amount),
restrict (the consumption of),
conserve,
budget,
distribute,
share out,
measure out,
divide out/up,
apportion,
give out,
deal out,
issue,
allocate,
allot,
dispense,
hand out,
pass out,
dole out,
parcel out,
admeasure,
Origin:
early 18th century: from French, from Latin ratio(n- ) ‘reckoning, ratio’.
