rationing

Definitions

ration + -ing = 'the practice of rationing' — the system of allotting scarce goods in fixed shares, as governments do in wartime. See ration.

Common Collocations

• 1.food rationing食物配给
• 2.wartime rationing战时配给
• 3.introduce rationing实施配给制
• 4.rationing system配给制度

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Food rationing continued for years after the war.

• 2.

  The government introduced fuel rationing during the crisis.