Ration

Noun

 * 1) A portion designated to a person or group.

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.

Thesaurus
administer, allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, batch, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, budget, bunch, chunk, clutch, comestibles, commission, commons, consignment, contingent, control, count, cut, deal, deal out, destiny, disburse, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, distribution, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dole, dole out, dose, eatables, edibles, end, equal share, fate, food, give out, gob, group, half, halver, hand out, heap, helping, hunk, interest, issue, large amount, limit, lot, measure, measure out, meed, mess, mete, mete out, modicum, moiety, number, pack, parcel, parcel out, part, pass around, pay out, percentage, piece, portion, portion out, proportion, prorate, provender, provision, provisions, quantity, quantum, quota, rake-off, rations, restrict, schedule, segment, share, shift, slice, small amount, small share, spoon out, stake, stock, sum, supplies, viands, victuals

Etymology
From ration.

Noun

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 * Italian: annonario, razione

Verb

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Anagrams

 * aroint
 * traino

Noun

 * 1) ration

Etymology
From rationem (accusative of ratio).

Anagrams

 * trônai