a fixed daily allowance of food, esp to military personnel or when supplies are limited
See also iron rations
Examples of 'rations' in a sentence
rations
Her mum rations junk food and ensures she eats daily fruit and vegetables.
The Sun (2016)
And he has lost so much weight on the meagre rations that his prosthetic legs no longer fit.
The Sun (2015)
THE legality of how the Government's medicines watchdog rations drugs is to be challenged in court for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All related terms of 'rations'
ration
When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have.
C rations
tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
iron rations
emergency food supplies , esp for military personnel in action
meagre rations
Rations are the food which is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers.
emergency rations
food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency : for example, in a famine , after a plane crash , when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded , etc.
K ration
a small package containing emergency rations used by US and Allied forces in the field in World War II