Ration
['ræʃ(ə)n] or ['ræʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); 'the rations should be nutritionally balanced'.
(noun.) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity).
(verb.) distribute in rations, as in the army; 'Cigarettes are rationed'.
(verb.) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; 'Bread was rationed during the siege of the city'.
Typist: Shelby--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
(n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
(v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Portion (of food or drink), allowance.
Checked by Evan
Definition
n. the quantity of provisions distributed to a soldier or sailor daily: an allowance.—n. Rā′tion-mon′ey money paid as commutation for rations.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- Hi story of Birds, and the Parts and Gene ration of them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This balanced ration is said to be the most nutritious food and the quickest fattener which can be given to animals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The body demands a daily ration of the three classes of food stuffs, but it is for us to determine from what meats, vegetables, fruits, cereals, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Another department manufactures what is called a balanced ration, consisting of a certain amount of grain and a certain amount of this stock food, or digester tankage, as it is called. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We did not know what to do, and so we ordered a new ration of sausage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- La cause de tous les rel?chemens vient de l'impunité des crimes, et non de la modération des peines. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But if we take this route, all we do must be done whilst the rations we start with hold out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had been so long on short rations that my first thought was the establishment of a line over which food might reach them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They took twelve barges in tow, loaded also with rations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was this statement that induced me to insert in the terms that he was to draw rations for his men from his own supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To prepare for this, the 9th corps will have rations issued to them, same as the balance of the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In our interview he told me he had rations enough to hold out for some time--my recollection is two weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The commissary general of prisoners reported having issued rations to 14,623 Fort Donelson prisoners at Cairo, as they passed that point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were rationed about as our own men, and from our supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Vern