ration
Syllables: ra·tion/ˈɹæʃən/UK/ˈɹeɪʃən/
ration noun: a portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
Noun
ration (plural rations)
Verb
ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
- To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2020
- To restrict (an activity etc.)
- I've rationed myself to one cup of coffee a day.
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
ration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ration in Hindi
- ration
- राशन rāśan
- ration, share
- रसद rasad
ration in Tamil
- பங்கீடு
ration in Marathi
- portion allocated
- शिधा śidhā
ration in Urdu
- خوراک, راتب
More languagesFewer languages
- ration in Bengali
- ভাগ, নির্ধারিত পরিমাণ
- ration in Telugu
- రేషన్, రేషను
- ration in Malayalam
- ആഹാരവീതം, നാൾപ്പടി, ഓഹരി
- ration in Kannada
- ಪಡಿತರ, ಪಾಲು
- ration in Punjabi
- ਰਸਦ rasad
- ration in Gujarati
- રાશન, રેશન
- ration in Odia
- ରାସନ
- ration in Nepali
- रेसन, रेशन
- ration in Tagalog
- pakain, pahat
- ration in Arabic
- حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa, قَنَّنَ qannana
- ration in Indonesian
- catu, jatah, pelabur, ransum
- ration in Vietnamese
- khẩu phần
Examples of ration in a sentence
- Betty had divided up her cigarettes to last all month, and her ration for today was only three.
- The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...
- A theocratic state in which an equation is drawn between the Catholic hierarchy and God and the rights of citizens may be rationed by the church according to its doctrines.1986 December 21, F. Jay Deacon, “Emotionally-Laden Prejudice”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 4:
Synonyms of ration
Forms of ration
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rations |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rations |
| present participle | rationing |
| past participle | rationed |
| past | rationed |
Origin of ration
From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.
Words formed from ration
Phrases with ration
Words that rhyme with ration
Questions about ration
- What does ration mean?
- Ration means a portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
- What is ration in Hindi?
- Ration in Hindi is राशन (rāśan), रसद (rasad). See Ration meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ration in a sentence?
- Betty had divided up her cigarettes to last all month, and her ration for today was only three.
- What part of speech is ration?
- Ration can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ration?
- Ration is pronounced /ˈɹæʃən/.
- What is the plural of ration?
- The plural of ration is rations.
Words near ration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ration (page history and authors); रसद (Hindi) (page history and authors); ration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ration (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਸਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ration (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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