Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationing

1 sense of rationing

Sense 1
rationing -- (the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline")
       => allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation -- (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ration

2 senses of ration

Sense 1
ration -- (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city")
       => limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")

Sense 2
ration, ration out -- (distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed")
       => allocate, apportion -- (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip")