ration
has definitions from the field of food
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[ 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 |
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[ 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 |
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[ verb ] distribute in rations, as in the army
Synonyms Examples "Cigarettes are rationed" Related terms |
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