ration
A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
Example
“Jack gathered his meager ration of food.”
Related words
- rationless
- rationment
- ration book
- A-ration
- C-ration
- compo ration
- field ration
- iron ration
- K ration
- K-ration
- ration card
- ration coupon
Word history
From French "ration".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.