ration out

1. 1.

   distribute in rations, as in the army

   “Cigarettes are rationed”

   Synonymsration

   Broaderallocate

Questions about ration out

What does ration out mean?

ration out means "distribute in rations, as in the army".

What is another word for ration out?

Close synonyms include ration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ration out a common word?

ration out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.