rationed
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- 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 - s distributed equitably in limited individual portions
got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar
- The venture intends to buy virtually all its raw materials from Soviet producers, no small order in a country where many food products are rationed and the term quality control is .
- Authorities have somewhat relaxed their original strictures on liquor production, but sugar is still rationed in 67 of the Russian Republic's 86 administrative districts.
- How long will price control and rationing last after the war is over?From Britain last week came the answer that in the case of Britain food and clothing may be rationed.