Ration

  • 21ration — ra|tion1 [ˈræʃən US ˈræ , ˈreı ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin ratio; RATIO] 1.) [U and C] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war food/clothes/meat etc ration ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22ration — ▪ I. ration ra‧tion 1 [ˈræʆn ǁ ˈræ , ˈreɪ ] noun [countable] a fixed amount of something such as food or petrol that you are allowed to have when there is not much available: • Food is in short supply and the country has apparently tightened… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 23ration — (ra sion ; en vers, de trois syllabes) s. f. 1°   Portion journalière de vivres ou de fourrages distribuée aux troupes. •   Arnheim, avec les fours qu on y a faits depuis peu, fournira par jour 97000 rations de pain, PELLISSON Lett. hist. t. I, p …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24ration — I n. fixed allowance 1) a daily; monthly; weekly ration 2) a food; gasoline (AE), petrol (BE) ration II v. 1) to ration strictly 2) (D; tr.) to ration to (we were rationed to ten gallons of gasoline/petrol a month) * * * [ ræʃ(ə)n] monthly petrol …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25Ration — Ra|ti|on [ra ts̮i̯o:n], die; , en: zugeteilte Menge an Lebens und Genussmitteln: eine kärgliche, große, doppelte Ration; die Soldaten erhielten morgens ihre Ration Brot; die Rationen kürzen, erhöhen. Syn.: ↑ Anteil, ↑ Dosis, ↑ Hälfte, ↑ Portion,… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 26ration — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ daily, monthly ▪ full ▪ double, extra ▪ Pregnant women received a double ration of milk …

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  • 27RATION — s. f. La portion journalière soit de pain, soit d autres vivres, soit de fourrage, qui se distribue aux troupes. Ration de pain, de viande, de légumes. Distribuer les rations aux soldats, les rations de foin et d avoine aux cavaliers. Donner à un …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28RATION — n. f. Portion journalière soit de pain, soit d’autres vivres, soit de fourrage, qui se distribue aux soldats ou aux marins. Ration de pain, de viande, de légumes. Distribuer les rations aux soldats, les rations de foin et d’avoine aux cavaliers.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 29ration — [[t]ræ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] rations, rationing, rationed 1) N COUNT When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have. The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week... They have begun to issue… …

    English dictionary

  • 30ration — I UK [ˈræʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms ration : singular ration plural rations 1) [countable] a limited amount of something, especially food, that you are allowed to have, for example when there is not much available or when someone else is… …

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