rationing

Speech parts

1. rationing - Noun

2. rationing - Verb

Meaning

the act of rationing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

control division alimentation distribution giving share limit arrest cutting dealing measuring sharing feeding rating diffusion
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Antonyms

union party whole connector spread advantage
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Hypernyms

allocation allotment apportionment assignation apportioning parceling

Related terms

ration stamp

Phrases with the word

rationing out the era of rationing rationing card rationing cards

Anagrams

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Examples

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival. Jacque Fresco

I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world. Vivienne Westwood

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books. Omar Torrijos Herrera

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know. James Earl Jones

If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing. Charles Krauthammer

There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford. Sydney Brenner

Close letter words and terms

ratione temporis rationed rationer rationing card rationing cards rationing out