Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ration \Ra"tion\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ration \Ra"tion\, v. t.
To supply with rations, as a regiment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ration
n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service
personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally
balanced"
2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of
scarcity)
v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity,
as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of
the city"
2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are
rationed" [syn: {ration out}]
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