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ration2 [transitive]
1 [usually passive] to control the supply of something because there is not enough : 
Fuel was rationed during the war.
Fuel was rationed during the war.2 to allow someone only a small amount of something : the need to ration health care resources diets which ration fat
the need to ration health care resourcesdiets which ration fat ration somebody/something to something He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day. I try to ration the children's television viewing to an hour a day.
He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day.I try to ration the children's television viewing to an hour a day.
