ration

Meanings

Plural: rations

Noun

• the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
  • "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
• a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
• A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

Verb

• restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
  • "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
• distribute in rations, as in the army
  • "Cigarettes are rationed"
• To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
• To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
• To restrict (an activity etc.)

Synonyms

Hooverize, ration out