derationv.
/diːˈraʃən/ transitive. To free (a rationed commodity) from rationing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > in fixed quantities > subject (goods) to rationing > free (a commodity) from rationing
deration1920
1920 Glasgow Herald 25 Nov. 8 The Food Controller was able to announce..last night that sugar will be derationed as from Monday.
1945 John o' London's Weekly 16 Nov. Goods become derationed, only because some bureaucracy rationed them.
1959 Listener 1 Jan. 8/1 A minor news item of 1958 that strikes the fancy as one thinks back is that coal was ‘derationed’.
Derivatives
deˈrationing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > rationing > removal of a commodity from
derationing1920
1920 Glasgow Herald 25 Nov. 15 One substantial instalment of decontrol I can announce to you to-night—the derationing of sugar.
1955 Times 16 May 4/6 Withdrawal of price controls..hand in hand with derationing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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