rations

Meanings

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)
• plural of ration

Verb

• restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
• distribute in rations, as in the army
• third-person singular simple present indicative of ration

Synonyms

ration, ration out