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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)

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"
   - ration out

Derived forms: rations, rationing, rationed

See also: rationing

Type of: allocate, apportion, circumscribe, confine, fare, limit, part, percentage, portion, share

Encyclopedia: Ration