ration has definitions from the field of food
1
[ noun ] (food) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)

Examples

"the rations should be nutritionally balanced"

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

This article assumes that the rations you are feeding your beef , dairy_cattle , and sheep are adequately balanced with protein , vitamins , and minerals .

As an aid in reducing losses due_to enterotoxemia ( overeating disease ) , feed a complete ration containing not less than 20 and not more than 50 grams of Aureomycin per ton .

.0044 % Dynafac in a complete ration or 0.3 to 0.4 gram per head per day ( 200 grams of premix per ton complete ration or equivalent .

.0044 % Dynafac in a complete ration or 0.3 to 0.4 gram per head per day ( 200 grams of premix per ton complete ration or equivalent .

This may be incorporated in complete feeds at the level of 0.4 milligram of diethylstilbestrol per pound of ration - assuming animal consumes about 25 pounds daily .

Related terms

fare field_ration

2
[ noun ] a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

They went shopping in the neighborhood , and bought two loaves_of_bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois , and some cheese , and a dozen eggs , and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place_Redoute - the first oranges they had seen since they landed .

Related terms

share

3
[ verb ] restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war

Examples

"Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"

Related terms

restrict limit

4
[ verb ] distribute in rations, as in the army

Synonyms

ration_out

Examples

"Cigarettes are rationed"

Related terms

allocate

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