1. The act of rationing
   "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and petrol"

1. Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
   "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 
2. Distribute in rations, as in the army
   "Cigarettes are rationed"
   - ration out

Derived forms: rationings

Type of: allocate, allocation, allotment, apportion, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, circumscribe, confine, limit, parceling [US], parcelling

Encyclopedia: Ration

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