I . n.
1.
Permission, leave, license, permit, authorization, connivance, sanction, authority, approval, approbation, sufferance.
2.
Admission, acknowledgment, concession, assent.
3.
Grant for support, stated maintenance, commission.
4.
Qualification, modification, extenuation, limitation, exception.
5.
Ration, stated quantity ( of food or drink ).
II . v. a.
Put upon ~, limit in the supply of food.