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ra·tion

(răsh′ən, rā′shən)

1. A fixed portion, especially an amount of food allotted to persons in military service or to civilians in times of scarcity.

2. rations Food issued or available to members of a group.

tr.v. ra·tioned, ra·tion·ing, ra·tions

1. To supply with rations.

a. To distribute as rations: rationed out flour and sugar.

b. To restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime: ration gasoline. See Synonyms at distribute.

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

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Adj.

rationed - distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"

distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up

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