Ration Meaning
/ˈɹæʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
verbTo supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
Sentence Examples
We have used our ration of coal for the week.
We need to ration water and food.
CEFR Practice Quiz
During the long war, each soldier received a daily ____ of food from the army.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During the war, families were given a weekly ____ of bread, butter, and sugar.
Word Origin & History
From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it."
— 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
"But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes."
— 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2020:
"A theocratic state in which an equation is drawn between the Catholic hierarchy and God and the rights of citizens may be rationed by the church according to its doctrines."
— 1986 December 21, F. Jay Deacon, “Emotionally-Laden Prejudice”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 4:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the long war, each soldier received a daily ____ of food from the army.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During the war, families were given a weekly ____ of bread, butter, and sugar.