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RATIONING

Pronunciation (US):

• RATIONING (noun)
The noun RATIONING has 1 sense:

1. the act of rationing

Familiarity information: RATIONING used as a noun is very rare.

• RATIONING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of rationing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline

Hypernyms ("rationing" is a kind of...):

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

"Health is better than wealth."
(English proverb)
"Five minutes of health comfort the ill one"
(Breton proverb)
"Content is an everlasting treasure."
(Arabic proverb)
"Cover your candle, it will light more."
(Egyptian proverb)

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