rationing
noun1
A ration.
2
Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.
- The drastic rationing of paper enforced by the paper control, has made it necessary for us to adapt ourselves to the altered conditions.1940 July, “Notes and News: Paper Control and the "Railway Magazine"”, in Railway Magazine, page 417:
- After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
- Derived terms
- antirationing
- Related terms
- ration stamp