ration

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  1. noun A fixed portion, especially an amount of food allotted to persons in military service or to civilians in times of scarcity.
  2. noun Food issued or available to members of a group.
  3. transitive verb To supply with rations.
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  • Algernons motor-ration is the cheese they put in his box. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • The British Navy serves out once or twice a week a ration, which is one of the biggest jokes of naval life. —  From the Bottom Up
  • Libération, among others, his articles have appeared everywhere from —  In These Times
  • Order 99 had precious little effect on the lives of enlisted sailors, an already heartily sober lot, because the ships they served on had been officially dry since the spirit ration was abolished in 1862. —  New Urban Legends
  • According to the French newspaper Libération, a researcher at the CNRS research center has studied emissions from a Mac Pro computer and discovered that they contain the hazardous chemical benzene. —  TechNudge
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allowance ·  provision ·  supply ·  meal ·  ammunition ·  diet ·  consumption ·  wage ·  bread ·  biscuit ·  fare ·  fuel

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ration:   rationing ·  rations ·  Ration ·  rationed
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from Latin ratiō, ratiōn-, calculation; see ratio.

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  1. from French ration =Spanish racion =Portuguese ração, reção =Italian razione, a ration, a rate or allowance, from Latin ratio (n-), a calculation, reckoning, hence in Middle Latin a computed share or allowance of food: see ratio, reason (which are doublets of ration), and cf. rate.
  2. from ration, n.
 

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