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rationing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
| Derivation | ration |
during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline.
Examples of rationing
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Sweets were rationed, but I remember going crazy when that rationing was lifted.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Alternatively, let us here what the rational alternative to rationing is please.
From the guardian.co.uk
Demand grows faster than the economy and there has to be some form of rationing.
From the guardian.co.uk
Republicans say health test recommendations could lead to health care rationing.
From the stltoday.com
Another way of putting this is right now insurance companies are rationing care.
From the washingtonpost.com
For the most part, the state has little authority to impose mandatory rationing.
From the signonsandiego.com
In Britain, labouring under wartime rationing, planning was a practical problem.
From the economist.com
The main rationing mechanism in the NHS is through the availability of resource.
From the economist.com
Officials are currently rationing the little gas there is for critical services.
From the huffingtonpost.com
- The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
- Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
- A fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
- Distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
- (rationed) distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"
- (rationing) the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"
- A-ration is a term used in the United States armed forces for a meal provided to troops which is prepared using fresh, refrigerated, or frozen foods. By far the most popular of U.S. ...
- Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.
- (Rationing (1944 film)) Rationing is a 1944 film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. The screen comedy was directed by Willis Goldbeck.
