The meaning of Rations

verb

Distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

In past years we didn't allocate enough funds to infrastructure maintenance

verb

Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose

verb

To give something as a share of a total amount

Usage examples:

State funds will not be allocated to the program next year.

noun

The action or process of allocating or sharing out something.

Usage examples:

More efficient allocation of resources

verb

Give or apportion (something) to someone.

Usage examples:

Equal time was allotted to each

verb

To give a share of something for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

The board allotted $5000 to the recreation center., [ u ] there are huge differences in the allotme…

verb

To give a share of something to someone or something to use for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Allot sth to sb/sth for sth $150,000 has been allotted to the museum for renovations.

noun

A plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.

Usage examples:

Some of them have nice gardens at home for flowers, and want the allotments to grow vegetables.

noun

The process of sharing something, or the amount or share of something that someone or something is given

Usage examples:

The trade body labeled as illegal last year's allotment of $3.2 billion in cotton subsidies., an al…

noun

The amount of something that is permitted, especially within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose.

Usage examples:

Your baggage allowance

verb

Give (someone) a sum of money as an allowance.

Usage examples:

I have made up my mind to allowance him

noun

The amount of something available or needed for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

What is the recommended daily allowance of vitamin a?

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

verb

Divide up and share out.

Usage examples:

Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution

verb

To give or share something among several people or things

Usage examples:

How should medical care be funded and apportioned?

verb

To share something between several people or organizations

Usage examples:

Apportion sth between sb/sth the costs will be apportioned between the buyer and the seller., appor…

noun

The action or result of apportioning something.

Usage examples:

The apportionment of blame

noun

An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.

Usage examples:

Keep within the household budget

verb

Allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget.

Usage examples:

The university is budgeting for a deficit

adjective

Inexpensive.

Usage examples:

A budget guitar

verb

Protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.

Usage examples:

The funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands

noun

A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

Pork tenderloin with onion and raisin conserve

verb

Keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

verb

Distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.

Usage examples:

Orderlies went round dispensing drinks

verb

To give out or provide an item or substance

Usage examples:

Is there a tourism agency that dispenses city maps?, this gasoline pump is capable of dispensing ei…

verb

To provide something such as a service, money, or information

Usage examples:

Dispense advice/information a personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments., the …

verb

Give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

Information leaflets are being distributed to hotels

verb

Give to several people

verb

To divide something among several or many people, or to spread or scatter something over an area

Usage examples:

Food and clothing are being distributed among/to the flood victims., shopping malls are widely dist…

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To last no longer, or to work no longer

Usage examples:

Food supplies will give out by the end of the week., they’re giving out free tickets to the circus.

noun

A portion of food served to one person at one time.

Usage examples:

There will be enough for six helpings

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Usage examples:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

An amount of food served to a person at one time

Usage examples:

He took another helping of dessert.

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

pronoun

A large number or amount; a great deal.

Usage examples:

There are a lot of actors in the cast

adverb

A great deal; much.

Usage examples:

He played tennis a lot last year

noun

A particular group or set of people or things.

Usage examples:

It's just one lot of rich people stealing from another

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

phrasal verb

To weigh or measure a small amount of something from a larger amount

Usage examples:

Measure out two tablespoons of sugar and add to the hot water.

noun

Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

The tax was to be delivered in two moieties

noun

A part or share of something, especially when it is divided into two parts

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A rate, number, or amount in each hundred.

Usage examples:

The percentage of caesareans at the hospital was three per cent higher than the national average

noun

An improvement or advantage, esp. when considered against other possibilities

Usage examples:

There’s no percentage in working long hours if you don’t plan to stay in that job., tv ratings are …

noun

An amount of something, often expressed as a number out of 100

Usage examples:

A high/large/small percentage a high percentage of their customers order their goods online., as a …

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Usage examples:

The proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising

verb

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

Usage examples:

A life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

noun

A part or share of the whole, or the relationship between one thing and another in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

[ c ] the proportion of the population that is over 65 has been growing., [ pl ] the occurrence of …

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

Usage examples:

This excess energy is emitted in quanta of electromagnetic radiation (photons of light) that have e…

noun

The smallest amount of energy that can be measured

noun

An amount of something

Usage examples:

Quantum of sth earnings depend on the quantum of work done by you., during this period, the quantum…

noun

A fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.

Usage examples:

The county is falling short of its quota of blood donations

noun

A part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.

Usage examples:

Under the proposals, investors would pay a greater share of the annual fees required

verb

Have a portion of (something) with another or others.

Usage examples:

He shared the pie with her

noun

Short for ploughshare.