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Antonyms for rationed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rash-uhn, rey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræʃ ən, ˈreɪ ʃən

Definition of rationed

Origin :
  • 1550, "reasoning," later, "relation of one number to another" (1660s), then "fixed allowance of food" (1702, often rations, from French ration in this sense), from Latin rationem (nominative ratio) "a reckoning, calculation, proportion" (see ratio). The military pronunciation (rhymes with fashion) took over from the preferred civilian pronunciation (rhymes with nation) during World War I.
  • verb divide something into portions
Example sentences :
  • Bread had just been rationed out: there were to be 300 grammes for adults and 150 grammes for children.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Each of us, on leaving the Leviathan, had been rationed with a sandwich.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Love » by George T. McCarthy
  • He rationed his supply a bit, hoping he could finish the job without a refill.
  • Extract from : « Tight Squeeze » by Dean Charles Ing
  • They were rationed about as our own men, and from our supplies.
  • Extract from : « Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete » by Ulysses S. Grant
  • During the war, when we're rationed, I save him his daily glass.
  • Extract from : « Probability » by Louis Trimble
  • You're asking for rationed food; for a shakedown, maybe, in a garret.
  • Extract from : « The Guarded Heights » by Wadsworth Camp
  • From these, each precious drop of water was rationed upwards to meet the increasing needs of the people.
  • Extract from : « The Thirst Quenchers » by Rick Raphael
  • They will be armed, equipped and rationed at the Citadel, and on Thursday will accompany me to Suez.
  • Extract from : « In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria » by Henry Morton Stanley
  • They received cattle on loan, and they were rationed as new settlers from the public stores.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West
  • The Government on December 12 solemnly announced that the bread never would be rationed.
  • Extract from : « Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris » by Henry Labouchre

Synonyms for rationed

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