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ration
What does ration mean?
ration (noun): a portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use ration in a sentence?
- The town's ration of gasoline had to go to necessary vehicles. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce ration?
/ˈɹæʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ration come from?
From French ration.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “ration” mean?
a portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period
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a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
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a conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention
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any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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