Found 3 items, similar to ration.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ration
catuan, mencatu, ransum
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ration
ration
n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service
personnel);
“the rations should be nutritionally
balanced”
2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of
scarcity)
ration
v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity,
as during war;
“Bread was rationed during the siege of
the city”
2: distribute in rations, as in the army;
“Cigarettes are
rationed” [syn:
ration out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ration
Ration
\Ra"tion\, v. t.
To supply with rations, as a regiment.
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Ration
\Ra"tion\ (r[=a]"sh[u^]n or r[a^]sh"[u^]n), n. [F., fr.
L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL.
ratio ration. See
Ratio.]
1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a
soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his
subsistence.
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Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying
according to their rank or the number of their
attendants.
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2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an
allowance; an allotment.
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