rationingn.

Brit.

/ˈraʃn̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈraʃ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræʃ(ə)nɪŋ/,

/ˈreɪʃ(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ration v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ration v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare French rationnement (see rationment n.).

1. The regular provision of a fixed amount of supplies to members of the armed services in time of war; an instance of this. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1856 Times 30 Apr. 5/4 He had prescribed for himself a rule never to interfere with the rationing or foraging of any part of his division on a distant station.

1865 Englishman's Mag. Oct. 312 The rationing of soldiers..was much neglected.

1908 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 3/1 During his lifetime he [sc. Kempenfelt] was a keen and ardent sea-officer, full of ideas for the discipline, the rationing, and the general progress of the navy, ideas in many ways ahead of his time.

a. The allocation of a fixed allowance of a specified type of food, clothing, fuel, etc., to each civilian during time of war or shortage.meat, petrol, sweet rationing, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > rationing

rationing1914

1914 Sunday Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 6 Sept. 17/3 The Parisians had resolved to hold out to the bitter end though the people were in torture on account of cold and hunger. The government had had to resort to rationing.

1917 Times 1 May 7/6 The German Government now knows all about rationing, but while it has been learning the German people has eaten up its supplies.

1924 E. M. H. Lloyd Experiments in State Control xxiii. 290 As for the argument that rationing increases consumption, this was not true of the articles most severely rationed in Great Britain.

1940 Times (Weekly ed.) 10 Jan. 9/3 Rationing may have to be used to a much greater extent than in the last war.

1947 People 22 June 2 I find school lunches a great help with the rationing problems.

1979 B. Tudor Drawn from New England iv. 29/1 For weeks my father saved up gas from our wartime rationing, so we could go on a house-hunting trip to New Hampshire.

1992 W. Foley No Pipe Dreams for Father in Forest Trilogy 240 Miners were now earning enough to keep their families' bellies well filled, but rationing kept us short.

b. gen. Restriction of the supply of any commodity or service as an economic policy. Frequently as the second element in compounds.

ΚΠ

1930 Economist 22 Mar. 637/1 In the last resort, a rationing of credit was the only expedient left to central banks.

1965 H. T. Patrick in W. W. Lockwood State & Econ. Enterprise in Japan xii. 609 In 1954..and especially in 1957 and 1961–1962, the Bank of Japan had to resort to direct credit rationing.

1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. iv. 141 The small players..also suffered..on the ‘supply side’—the banks' rationing of loans.

1992 Independent 18 Aug. 4/2 Mrs Bottomley..acknowledged that some rationing of health is going on.

2007 Big Issue 15 Jan. 46/3 With carbon rationing I don't have to go round banning things like patio heaters and, because their use will decline anyway as people try not to use too much of their ration.

Phrases

rationing by the purse (also rationing by price, etc.): the raising of the price of a commodity so as to restrict the number of people who can afford to buy it.

ΚΠ

1935 B. Wootton Plan or No Plan ii. ii. 63 The ration card, however, is not used in the Soviet Union as a complete alternative to rationing by price movements.

1940 Times 21 May 3/5 Rationing by price was the only way, but they should guarantee rations of the right food to the people at a price they could afford.

1950 Hansard Commons 24 Apr. 617 Is this not a case of rationing by the purse?

1979 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 16/1 Rationing by price, a system in which economic goods go to the people who are most willing to pay for them. This is the normal way of distributing goods in capitalist countries, and is increasingly used in Communist countries.

1995 Independent (Nexis) 3 Aug. 14 Rationing by the purse is unfair. Only an integrated, planned, affordable system of public transport will resolve the problems created by the ever increasing use of motor-vehicles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rationing
释义	rationingn. Brit. /ˈraʃn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈraʃ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræʃ(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˈreɪʃ(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ration v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ration v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare French rationnement (see rationment n.). 1. The regular provision of a fixed amount of supplies to members of the armed services in time of war; an instance of this. Now rare. ΚΠ 1856 Times 30 Apr. 5/4 He had prescribed for himself a rule never to interfere with the rationing or foraging of any part of his division on a distant station. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Oct. 312 The rationing of soldiers..was much neglected. 1908 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 3/1 During his lifetime he [sc. Kempenfelt] was a keen and ardent sea-officer, full of ideas for the discipline, the rationing, and the general progress of the navy, ideas in many ways ahead of his time. 2. a. The allocation of a fixed allowance of a specified type of food, clothing, fuel, etc., to each civilian during time of war or shortage.meat, petrol, sweet rationing, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > rationing rationing1914 1914 Sunday Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 6 Sept. 17/3 The Parisians had resolved to hold out to the bitter end though the people were in torture on account of cold and hunger. The government had had to resort to rationing. 1917 Times 1 May 7/6 The German Government now knows all about rationing, but while it has been learning the German people has eaten up its supplies. 1924 E. M. H. Lloyd Experiments in State Control xxiii. 290 As for the argument that rationing increases consumption, this was not true of the articles most severely rationed in Great Britain. 1940 Times (Weekly ed.) 10 Jan. 9/3 Rationing may have to be used to a much greater extent than in the last war. 1947 People 22 June 2 I find school lunches a great help with the rationing problems. 1979 B. Tudor Drawn from New England iv. 29/1 For weeks my father saved up gas from our wartime rationing, so we could go on a house-hunting trip to New Hampshire. 1992 W. Foley No Pipe Dreams for Father in Forest Trilogy 240 Miners were now earning enough to keep their families' bellies well filled, but rationing kept us short. b. gen. Restriction of the supply of any commodity or service as an economic policy. Frequently as the second element in compounds. ΚΠ 1930 Economist 22 Mar. 637/1 In the last resort, a rationing of credit was the only expedient left to central banks. 1965 H. T. Patrick in W. W. Lockwood State & Econ. Enterprise in Japan xii. 609 In 1954..and especially in 1957 and 1961–1962, the Bank of Japan had to resort to direct credit rationing. 1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. iv. 141 The small players..also suffered..on the ‘supply side’—the banks' rationing of loans. 1992 Independent 18 Aug. 4/2 Mrs Bottomley..acknowledged that some rationing of health is going on. 2007 Big Issue 15 Jan. 46/3 With carbon rationing I don't have to go round banning things like patio heaters and, because their use will decline anyway as people try not to use too much of their ration. Phrases rationing by the purse (also rationing by price, etc.): the raising of the price of a commodity so as to restrict the number of people who can afford to buy it. ΚΠ 1935 B. Wootton Plan or No Plan ii. ii. 63 The ration card, however, is not used in the Soviet Union as a complete alternative to rationing by price movements. 1940 Times 21 May 3/5 Rationing by price was the only way, but they should guarantee rations of the right food to the people at a price they could afford. 1950 Hansard Commons 24 Apr. 617 Is this not a case of rationing by the purse? 1979 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 16/1 Rationing by price, a system in which economic goods go to the people who are most willing to pay for them. This is the normal way of distributing goods in capitalist countries, and is increasingly used in Communist countries. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 3 Aug. 14 Rationing by the purse is unfair. Only an integrated, planned, affordable system of public transport will resolve the problems created by the ever increasing use of motor-vehicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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