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Plural of ration

regular plural

The plural of ration is rations.

Forms of ration

Singularration /ˈɹæʃən/
Pluralrations
Countablecountable

Rations in a sentence

  • We take great pleasure in creating scarfable rations from the mostly mismatched, donated ingredients available to us.2014, Garth Battista, Bicycle Love. From the entry scarfable
  • They exported manufactured clothing to China, and with the money they earned, they issued regular rations.2013 July, “The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2013, Korea Institute for…. From the entry North Pyongan
  • They're prone to giving away their rations and living off the smell of an oily rag.2008, Susan Napier, Accidental Mistress, page 59. From the entry smell of an oily rag
  • Christmas came early this year when our PX rations arrived in November.2007, Robert Lynch, “Italian Mountain Campaign”, in A Letter Marked Free: A Powerful and Gripping Account of a Combat Soldier in WWII…. From the entry Christmas came early
  • Had tiffin at 11.30 a.m. 1½ rations of rice with fried fish.2004, Harry Berry, My Darling Wife, or, How I Passed the Time of Day Between 18th April 1940 and 5th November 1945: Being the Unexpurgated…. From the entry tiffin

Meaning of ration

  1. noun A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
  2. verb To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
  3. verb To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

Full definition of ration

Questions about the plural of ration

What is the plural of ration?
The plural of ration is rations.
Is ration countable?
Ration is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ration (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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