单词 | point rationing |
释义 | > as lemmaspoint rationing point rationing n. now chiefly historical a system of rationing in which goods are priced in terms of points (luxury goods requiring a larger number of points than essential items) and a certain number of points are allocated to each consumer; cf. 8j. ΚΠ 1941 Econ. Jrnl. 51 208 Point-rationing in the case of coal did not prove successful. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 533/1 Under point rationing, the group may be extended to cover a combination of several different kinds of article. 2005 Carlsbad (New Mexico) Current-Argus (Nexis) 27 Feb. a1 When the U.S. was in the midst of World War II and food rationing had just begun, a Safeway advertisement explained point rationing and suggestions for working within the system. < as lemmas |
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