Usually means: Allocated portion of food, supplies.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word ration:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. ration: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ration: Merriam-Webster
  3. ration: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ration: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ration: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ration: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ration, ration: Wordnik
  8. ration: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ration: Wiktionary
  10. ration: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ration: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ration: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ration: Dictionary.com
  14. ration: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ration: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ration: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ration: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ration: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ration: Rhymezone
  20. Ration (f), ration, ration (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ration: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. ration: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ration: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ration: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. ration: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ration: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ration: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ration: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ration: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ration: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See rationed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
verb:  (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
verb:  (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
verb:  (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)

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