Ration

  • 31ration — /rash euhn, ray sheuhn/, n. 1. a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread. 2. an allotted amount: They finally saved up enough gas rations for the… …

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  • 32ration — ra|tion1 [ ræʃn ] noun 1. ) count 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 controlling it: They cut his daily ration of bread and water. 2.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33ration — {{11}}ration (n.) 1550, reasoning, later, relation of one number to another (1660s), then fixed allowance of food (1702, often rations, from Fr. ration in this sense), from L. rationem (nom. ratio) reckoning, calculation, proportion (see RATIO… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 34ration — 1 noun 1 (C) a fixed amount of something such as food or petrol that you are allowed to have, when there is not much available: the weekly meat ration 2 rations (plural) the food that is given to a soldier or member of a group each day: The… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35ration — /ˈræʃən / (say rashuhn) noun 1. a fixed allowance of provisions or food: a ration of chocolate. 2. Also, rations. a. Military the allowance of supplies given to an individual soldier. b. (in colonial times in Australia) an allowance of food,… …

  • 36Ration — Ra·ti·on [ra tsi̯oːn] die; , en; 1 die Menge besonders an Lebensmitteln, die jeder für eine bestimmte Zeit bekommt (weil die Vorräte knapp sind) <eine Ration Brot, Fleisch; die Rationen kürzen, erhöhen; Rationen zuteilen> || K: Brotration,… …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 37ration — [18] Ration, like reason, comes from Latin ratiō, a derivative of the verb rērī ‘think, rattle 414 calculate’. This meant, among other things, ‘calculation, computation’, in which sense it has yielded English ratio [17]. In the Middle Ages it was …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38Ration — racionas statusas Aprobuotas sritis gyvulininkystė apibrėžtis Pašarų paros davinys. atitikmenys: angl. daily ration; ration vok. Ration, f rus. рацион šaltinis Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro įsakymo „Dėl Galvijų pastatų technologinio… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 39ration — racionas statusas Aprobuotas sritis gyvulininkystė apibrėžtis Pašarų paros davinys. atitikmenys: angl. daily ration; ration vok. Ration, f rus. рацион šaltinis Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro įsakymo „Dėl Galvijų pastatų technologinio… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 40ration — [18] Ration, like reason, comes from Latin ratiō, a derivative of the verb rērī ‘think, calculate’. This meant, among other things, ‘calculation, computation’, in which sense it has yielded English ratio [17]. In the Middle Ages it was used for… …

    Word origins