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Definition of Ration

1. Verb. Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war. "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"

2. Noun. The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel). "The rations should be nutritionally balanced"

3. Verb. Distribute in rations, as in the army. "Cigarettes are rationed"

4. Noun. A fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity).

Definition of Ration

1. n. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

2. v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment.

Definition of Ration

1. Noun. A portion designated to a person or group. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ration

1. to distribute in fixed portions [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Ration

1. 1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. 2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment. Origin: F, fr. L. Ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. Ratio ration. See Ratio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ration

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ratiocinator ratiocinators ratiocinatory ratioed ratiometric ration (current term) ration card ration out rationable rational

rational-number rational drug design rational egoism rational egoist rational formula rational function rational functions rational motive rational number rational numbers

Literary usage of Ration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Digestibility of the ration also depends a great deal on the relative amounts of roughage and concentrates, and on the character of the concentrates. ..."

2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"In recording some observations on the navy ration which the writer had an opportunity of making during last winter, he desires it to be understood at the ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"A ration which is not agreeable to the animal may keep the animal from starvation. One that is fairly palatable may constitute a reasonably satisfactory ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"compounded a ration of its own, consisting of four ounces of evaporated beef ... The other components of the ration consisted of two ounces of chocolate and ..."

5. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1917)
"Another experiment upon some young grade Holsteins with corn and wheat rations showed that those receiving the corn ration grew well, matured, showed early ..."

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