- rationing - the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"
--1 is a kind of allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Derived form: verb ration1
- 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
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun ration2, noun ration1, noun rationing1
Somebody ----s something
- ration, ration out - distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
--2 is one way to allocate, apportion
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun ration1, noun ration2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody