RATION OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ration out mean? 

• RATION OUT (verb)
  The verb RATION OUT has 1 sense:

1. distribute in rations, as in the army

  Familiarity information: RATION OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATION OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distribute in rations, as in the army

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

ration; ration out

Context example:

Cigarettes are rationed

Hypernyms (to "ration out" is one way to...):

allocate; apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody