Definitions of ration:

  • noun:   the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
    Example: "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
    Example: "Cigarettes are rationed"
  • verb:   restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
    Example: "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"