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1. Restriction on the amounts of food, commodities etc. that can be use or purchased
   "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and petrol"

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: rationings

Type of: allocate, allocation, allotment, apportion, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, curb, curtail, cut back, parceling [US], parcelling, restrict

Encyclopedia: Rationing