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Noun ration has 2 senses
  1. ration - the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
    --1 is a kind of     fare
    --1 has particulars: field ration
    Derived forms: verb ration2, verb ration1
  2. ration - a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
    --2 is a kind of     share, portion, part, percentage
    Derived forms: verb ration2, verb ration1
,Verb ration has 2 senses
  1. ration - restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
    --1 is one way to     limit, circumscribe, confine
    Derived forms: noun ration2, noun ration1, noun rationing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. ration, ration out - distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
    --2 is one way to allocate, apportion
    Derived forms: noun ration1, noun ration2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
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