Ration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ration n 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) v 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" Synonym(s): ration, ration out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ration \Ra"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See {Ratio}.] 1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants. 2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ration \Ra"tion\, v. t. To supply with rations, as a regiment.