the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
"the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
"During the war, every soldier received just enough bread as their daily ration to keep them going until evening."
A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
"During the winter blackout, the town council distributed a strict ration of kerosene to every household for heating only."
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
"Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
"The war office began to ration all civilians to just two pounds of sugar per week."