rationing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of rationing
    • during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline
  2. verb restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
    ration.
    • Bread was rationed during the siege of the city
  3. verb distribute in rations, as in the army
    ration; ration out.
    • Cigarettes are rationed

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