RATIONED

rationed

(adjective) distributed equitably in limited individual portions; “got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

rationed

simple past tense and past participle of ration

Anagrams

• andorite, arointed, nadorite, ordinate

Source: Wiktionary


RATION

Ra"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]

1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants.

2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.

Ra"tion, v. t.

Definition: To supply with rations, as a regiment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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