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What is the verb for ration?

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ration
  1. (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
  2. (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
  3. (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
  4. Synonyms:
      5. allocate, apportion, distribute, allot, dispense, assign, share, divvy, lot, mete, deal, prorate, issue, admeasure, allow, parcel, dole, proportion, quota, share out, hand out, divide up, dole out, deal out, give out, divvy up, parcel out, mete out, divide out, measure out, pass out, administer, dish out, portion, ration out, divide, give, appropriate, portion out, grant, split up, shell out, cut, measure, designate, consign, split, bestow, slice, partition … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “These blue berets have a long history of disaster relief. Please respect them and let them ration out the supplies.”
      “Fifty percent of households were required to ration food intake and substitute wild foods in place of cereals.”
rationing
  1. present participle of ration
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allocating, apportioning, distributing, allotting, dispensing, assigning, sharing, divvying, lotting, meting, dealing, prorating, issuing, admeasuring, allowing, parceling, parcelling, doling, proportioning, sharing out, handing out, dividing up, doling out, dealing out, giving out, divvying up, parceling out, parcelling out, meting out, dividing out, measuring out, passing out, administering, dishing out, portioning, rationing out, dividing, giving, appropriating, portioning out, granting, splitting up, shelling out, cutting, measuring, designating, consigning, splitting, bestowing, slicing … more
rations
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ration
  2. Synonyms:
      3. provides, cares for, supports, cares, are responsible for, feeds, fends for, is responsible for, looks after, nurtures, sustains, takes care of, administers, feathers, brings home the bacon, clothes, endows, favors, finances, gives food to, indulges, keeps, maintains, ministers, provides board for, provides sustenance for, nourishes, plies, satisfies, treats, favours, blesses, provides for, fattens, nurses, fosters, feeds up, keeps alive, cultivates, fattens up, raises, minds, stuffs, rears, funds, brings up, ministers to, force-feeds, attends to, parents … more
rationed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ration
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowed, distributed, lotted, admeasured, meted out, allocated, apportioned, allotted, shared, dispensed, assigned, divvied, meted, divvied up, dealt, measured out, divided up, doled out, shared out, split up, parceled out, parcelled out, handed out, dealt out, prorated, cut, rationed out, divided out, dished out, portioned, administered, divided, split, portioned out, appropriated, parceled, parcelled, given out, gave out, issued, granted, cut up, shelled out, cut the pie, designated, doled, measured, sliced, pieced up, sliced up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “By the winter artillery ammunition had been rationed to one or two shells per gun per day.”
      “Their food and water supplies were dangerously low and the elf rationed it harshly.”
      “In an effort to reduce the numbers of cars on the road, licence plates are rationed.”
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