1 [C] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war:
the weekly butter ration * a ration book / card / coupon (= allowing you to claim your ration of sth)
2 (rations) [pl.] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to sb who is in a place where there is not much food available:
We're on short rations (= allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive. * Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation.
3 [sing.] ~ (of sth) an amount of sth that is thought to be normal or fair:
As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar. * I've had my ration of problems for one day-you deal with it!
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] ~ sb/sth (to sth) to limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have, especially because there is not enough of it available:
Eggs were rationed during the war. * The villagers are rationed to two litres of water a day.
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