Definition of Ration

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Ration

A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.

To supply with rations, as a regiment.

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Ration Quotations

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
Sophocles

There is no question that managed care is managed cost, and the idea is that you can save a lot of money and make health care costs less if you ration it.
Charlie Norwood

In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty.
William Odom

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
Learned Hand

Thou shalt not ration justice.
Learned Hand

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.
Mavis Gallant

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.
Michel De Certeau

Ration Translations

ration in French is rationnons, rationnez, rationnent, ration
ration in German is Rationiere, Zuteilung
ration in Italian is pezzo, razione
ration in Swedish is portion, ransonera, ranson

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