'Ration' definitions:
Definition of 'ration'
(from WordNet)
noun
The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
noun
A fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
verb
Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
verb
Distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]
Definition of 'Ration'
From: GCIDE
- Ration \Ra"tion\ (r[=a]"sh[u^]n or r[a^]sh"[u^]n), n. [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]
- 1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ration'
From: GCIDE
- Ration \Ra"tion\, v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administer,
- allocate,
- allot,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- amount,
- apportion,
- apportionment,
- assign,
- assignment,
- batch,
- big end,
- bigger half,
- bit,
- bite,
- budget,
- bunch,
- chunk,
- clutch,
- comestibles,
- commission,
- commons,
- consignment,
- contingent,
- control,
- count,
- cut,
- deal,
- deal out,
- destiny,
- disburse,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- distribution,
- divide,
- dividend,
- division,
- divvy,
- dole,
- dole out,
- dose,
- eatables,
- edibles,
- end,
- equal share,
- fate,
- food,
- give out,
- gob,
- group,
- half,
- halver,
- hand out,
- heap,
- helping,
- hunk,
- interest,
- issue,
- large amount,
- limit,
- lot,
- measure,
- measure out,
- meed,
- mess,
- mete,
- mete out,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- number,
- pack,
- parcel,
- parcel out,
- part,
- pass around,
- pay out,
- percentage,
- piece,
- portion,
- portion out,
- proportion,
- prorate,
- provender,
- provision,
- provisions,
- quantity,
- quantum,
- quota,
- rake-off,
- rations,
- restrict,
- schedule,
- segment,
- share,
- shift,
- slice,
- small amount,
- small share,
- spoon out,
- stake,
- stock,
- sum,
- supplies,
- viands,
- victuals
Words containing 'Ration'
- Rational,
- Rationalism,
- Rationality,
- Rationalization,
- Rationalize,
- Rationally,
- Rationalness,
- ration out,
- rationed,
- rationing,
- rations,
- Rational formula,
- Rational horizon,
- Rational quantity,
- Rational symptom,
- field ration,
- k ration,
- ration card,
- rational motive,
- rational number,
- rationalize away,
- c-ration