Word Finder - rationed

definition

To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.

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We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.

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To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

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By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.

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To restrict (an activity etc.)

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Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

The teacher rationed out the ten pencils.

During World War II, butter and gasoline were rationed.

There was a small amount of fruit and a lot of people who wanted fruit; so, each person was rationed one piece of fruit.

Since food is rationed and meat is relatively scarce, much of the diet is healthy fruit and vegetables.

Like so many other resources that were being rationed at that time, swimwear manufacturers were ordered to cut back on the amount of material used to create each suit.

Our case of water bottles, down three from the original two dozen would need to be rationed.