ration
noun/ˈræʃn/
/ˈræʃn/
- [countable] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war
- the weekly butter ration
- a ration book/card/coupon (= allowing you to claim your ration of something)
Extra Examples- our daily ration of bread
- I gave him my butter ration at breakfast one morning.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- daily
- monthly
- full
- …
- give somebody
- hand out
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- book
- card
- coupon
- …
- on a/the ration
- ration of
- rations[plural] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to somebody who is in a place where there is not much food available
- We're on short rations (= allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive.
- Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation.
Extra Examples- The guards are going to cut our rations again.
- The refugees queued up for their meagre rations of soup.
- They are living on starvation rations.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- daily
- monthly
- full
- …
- give somebody
- hand out
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- book
- card
- coupon
- …
- on a/the ration
- ration of
- [singular] ration (of something) an amount of something that is thought to be normal or fair
- As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar.
- I've had my ration of problems for one day—you deal with it!
- I felt that my ration of luck was running out.
- You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, ratio’.
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