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Synonyms of ration in English:

ration


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noun

1‘I'm a firm believer in a daily ration of chocolate’

SYNONYMS
allowance, allocation, quota, fixed amount, amount, quantity, share, portion, helping, allotment, measure, part, lot, proportion, percentage
rare apportionment, quantum, moiety

2rations‘the garrison had run out of rations’

SYNONYMS
supplies, provisions, food, food and drink, foodstuffs, eatables, edibles
necessaries, necessities, stores
Scottish vivers
informal grub, eats
North American informal chuck
archaic victuals, vittles, viands, meat, commons
rare comestibles, provender, aliment, viaticum

verb

1‘coal and petrol were also rationed’

SYNONYMS
control, limit, limit to a fixed amount, restrict, restrict the consumption of, conserve, budget

2‘they rationed out the water’

SYNONYMS
distribute, share out, measure out, divide out, divide up, apportion, give out, deal out, issue, allocate, allot, dispense, hand out, pass out, dole out, parcel out
rare admeasure