RATION


Meaning of RATION in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ daily , monthly

▪ full

▪ double , extra

Pregnant women received a double ~ of milk.

▪ meagre/meager

The refugees waited for their meagre/meager ~s of soup.

▪ emergency , humanitarian , short , starvation , wartime ~s

We've been put on short ~s.

▪ food , gasoline ( AmE ), petrol ( BrE ), water , etc.

VERB + RATION

▪ give sb , hand out , provide (sb with)

▪ get , receive

▪ consume , eat , have , use , use up

You've had your ~ of chocolate for the day!

▪ cut , reduce

The guards are going to cut our ~s again.

RATION + NOUN

▪ book , card , coupon

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

They are living on starvation ~s.

▪ ~ of

our daily ~ of bread

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ strictly

These foods had to be strictly ~ed.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

They were ~ed to one bottle of water each per day.

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