Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ration

~1 n 1 a fixed amount of something such as food or petrol that you are allowed to have, when there is not much available  (the weekly meat ration) 2 rations the food that is given to a soldier or member of a group each day  (The expedition had sufficient rations to last them another five days.) 3 have had your ration of to have had as much of something as you would expect or consider to be fair  (We've had more than our ration of bad luck this year.) ~2 v 1 to control the supply of something such as food or petrol by allowing people to have only a fixed amount of it  (Petrol was rationed during the war.) 2 to allow someone to have only a small amount of something because there is not enough  (ration sb to sth)  (We were rationed to two eggs a week.) - rationing n ration sth out phr v to give out supplies of something in small amounts  (They rationed out the remaining water as fairly as they could.)