RATIONING


Meaning of RATIONING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

credit

To avoid this, credit rationing would have to extend to all institutions.

If credit rationing has been in force, then a relaxation of controls will increase borrowing and spending.

They may thus find ways to get round the controls. Credit rationing stifles competition between banks.

Bring back credit rationing , leading to mortgage queues.

In other words, how many people were constrained by credit rationing ?

There are three potential advantages of credit rationing: It allows interest rates to be kept lower.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Among other privations, energy rationing had been introduced for the first time in the capital, Havana, in mid-April.

I did a good trade, but I gave it all up when rationing came in.

If credit rationing has been in force, then a relaxation of controls will increase borrowing and spending.

It was just a brief spell of ownership; the war meant petrol rationing .

She came to the throne after a decade of war and rationing .

The first supermarket appeared in 1955, with the end of wartime rationing .

The method was harsh, but brought a 17 percent drop in retail prices and an end to formal rationing .

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