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• n  the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
  the rations should be nutritionally balanced
• n  a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
• v  restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
  Bread was rationed during the siege of the city
• v  distribute in rations, as in the army
  Cigarettes are rationed

• Aguirre says the long-term solution involves teaching people to ration their water much better.
• But they can't ration love! "Coffee on Hitler!" There are no ration books yet in France, only a loose system of so-called "meatless days" twice a week, but even on these the .
• Genghis Khan solved the iron-ration problem by issuing each of his soldiers a straw so that his warriors could thus tap their horses' veins and drink the fortifying blood.

• ration out

News & Articles

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• Broken Arrow Residents React To Boil Order, Following Broken Water Main
  Despite the city's effort to warn residents to ration, leaders say the water supply has become so dangerously low that it may be unsafe to drink.
  June 12, 2013 - News On 6 Tulsa
• This Is the End
  Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's comedy is a disaster pic and riff on similar comedies by Al Hoff Stars — they're just like us. So when the apocalypse hits Hollywood, they freak out, hunker down, ration food and drop the "I love you, man" veneer to tell each other what they really think.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  June 12, 2013 - Pittsburgh City Paper
• Outlast carries a camera into the dark on PS4
  It's easy to see, right away, why Sony went after former Ubisoft developers Red Barrels to get their indie game, Outlast , on the PlayStation 4. Not only is the horror/exploration game atmospheric and frightening, but it's a great showcase for the hardware. In Outlast , you play a reporter who brings a video camera to an old abandoned asylum, in search of a story. The game is seen through your ...
  June 12, 2013 - Joystiq

Quotes

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• Mitch McConnell in CQPolitics.com
  Just as it wasn't the Democrats' money to offer in the health care debate, free speech isn't theirs to ration out to those willing to play ball - it's a right guaranteed by our First Amendment to all Americans,he said in a statement.
• Barack Obama in LifeNews.com
  It's not a question of whether we will ration care,the Obama nominee said in a magazine interview for Biotechnology Healthcare, "It is whether we will ration with our eyes open."