Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RATIONING
rationing
(noun) the act of rationing; “during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rationing
present participle of ration
Noun
rationing (plural rationings)
A ration.
Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.
Anagrams
• arointing, originant
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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