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Ration
01
the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
02
a fixed amount of something that is officially allowed to each person during a particular time, especially during a war or other period of shortage
to ration
01
distribute in rations, as in the army
02
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
Example
The captain faced mutinous crew members who were tired of the long voyage without proper rations.
Whatever meager rations remained were sent to the troops fighting the war, so the civilian population faced the brunt of the famine.
