[ˈraʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
(e.g: 1947 saw the bread ration reduced)


Phrases:
- come up with the rations

Origin:
late 17th century: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, ratio’

[ˈraʃn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity)
(e.g: petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand)


Phrases:
- come up with the rations

Origin:
late 17th century: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, ratio’