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rationings

rationings is the plural of rationing.

Meaning of rationing

Noun

rationing (countable and uncountable, plural rationings)

  1. A ration.
  2. Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.
    • The drastic rationing of paper enforced by the paper control, has made it necessary for us to adapt ourselves to the altered conditions.1940 July, “Notes and News: Paper Control and the "Railway Magazine"”, in Railway Magazine, page 417

Questions about rationings

What is rationings the plural of?
Rationings is the plural of rationing.

Words near rationings in the dictionary

  1. rationers
  2. rationes
  3. rationes decidendi
  4. rationes formales
  5. rationing
  6. rationings
  7. rationless
  8. rationment
  9. rations
  10. ratios
  11. ratis

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