ration

Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 1) A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

Translations

 * Belarusian: паёк, рацыён, по́рцыя
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ration
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:, , ,
 * Irish: candam, cion,, beatha, raisín
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: да́жба, по́рција
 * Maori:
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوگون
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: prídel
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pakain, pahat
 * Ukrainian: пайо́к, па́йка, раціо́н, по́рція
 * Welsh: dogn, dognau

Verb

 * 1)  To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
 * We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
 * 1)  To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
 * By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
 * 1)  To restrict (an activity etc.)
 * Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

Derived terms

 * deration

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 配給
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: fejadagot megszab
 * Irish: cum
 * Japanese: 配給する
 * Macedonian: распре́дели
 * Maori: tōronga
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
., which was inherited.

Noun

 * 1) ration

Noun

 * , proportion