ration
ਰਾਸ਼ਨ
definition
verb
shoes were rationed from 1943
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).
noun
1918 saw the bread ration reduced on two occasions
a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
example
However, we couldn't stay long as Mrs Mungo gulped down her 'ration' of six dry sherries far too quickly.
All milking females are fed the same 'ration' and no allowances is made for stage of lactation.
Smith went through his 'ration' of nine overs in one go for 2-29, his second success being with the assistance of a splendid low catch on the boundary by Dave Ellis.
You could 'ration' care, and only pay for a limited number of services.
Waiting for services becomes the only way to 'ration' the supply.
Not everyone who reads an online journal wants to sit back while photos download, and a fair proportion of people have little interest in the pictures at all, preferring to have a decent 'ration' of reading served up every day.
Two pounds of food a day was their 'ration' , including ‘meat fibre mixed with fat’.
The patient's physician did not want to be the one to 'ration' resources at the bedside.
1947 saw the bread 'ration' reduced
their daily 'ration' of fresh air
The first type, people come once a week, are weighed and measured, and receive their weekly 'ration' .
While they wait for the train, the prisoners eat their meager 'ration' of bread.
We have already had a good 'ration' of shocks or surprises in this year's Championship and you can be certain we'll have some more.
They came out dry and floury, like something one would expect from a wartime 'ration' .
He urged processors to bring in a subsidy on 'ration' to help farmers' meet extra feed costs.
"We need to 'ration' health resources, " she said.
The return to Greenwich Mean Time means more light in the morning, when farmers are up and about, but less in the evening, when most of us get our 'ration' of daylight.
For instance, at Kyoto the USA cut a deal of dubious morality, politely called ‘emission trading’, to buy from Third World countries their unused 'ration' of pollution.
they were requested to 'ration' themselves to one glass of wine each
Back in the barracks, Ivan Denisovich hides a portion of his bread 'ration' inside his mattress.
Ivan Denisovich eats the half 'ration' of bread he brought with him.
Just as well Harry and Dolly don't mind an extra 'ration' of snoring.
I think it's worth the cost because its filters have returned a 'ration' of sanity to my mail management.
He states that with a 'ration' of only two ballpoint pens each month he ‘made art’ with the ‘most banal’ of instruments.
Although even those sacred cows have had their hay 'ration' reduced in the last few years.
A more lively character would be hard to meet and, once again, on her brief visit to Ireland, Stephanie insisted on her 'ration' of set dancing!
All I needed now was a succession of day-return rail tickets and a comfortable 'ration' of rest days.
In fact, we've had a good 'ration' of bright sunny days.
holidaymakers who like a generous 'ration' of activity
Cows are fed a total mixed 'ration' and those yielding over 25 litres are fed concentrates in the parlour.
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