Ration | Mean of ration in English Dictionary

/ˈræʃən/

• Noun
• a particular amount of food that is given to one person or animal for one day
1. The soldiers were given their rations for the day.
2. The horse was fed its ration of oats.
3. The prisoners were kept on short rations. [=were given very little to eat each day]
• food or supplies
1. The campers were getting low on rations. [=had used most of their food]
• a particular amount of something (such as gasoline or food) that the government allows you to have when there is not enough of it
1. a gas ration
2. weekly sugar and butter rations
• Verb

• to control the amount of (something, such as gasoline or food) that people are allowed to have especially when there is not enough of it
1. During the war, the government rationed gasoline.
2. Gasoline was rationed during the war.