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Webster 1913 Edition
Ration
Ra′tion
(rā′shŭn or răsh′ŭn)
, Noun.
1.
A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
☞ 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.
Ra′tion
,Verb.
T.
To supply with rations, as a regiment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ration
RA'TION
,Noun.
A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, drink and forage, assigned to each soldier in an army for his daily subsistence and for the subsistence of horses. Officers have several rations according to their rank or number of attendants. Seamen in the navy also have rations of certain articles.
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English
Noun
ration (plural rations)
- A portion designated to a person or group.
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.
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Translations
portion
Verb
ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
Translations
to portion out, especially during a shortage of supply
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