"rationing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rationings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rationing (countable and uncountable, plural rationings)
  1. A ration. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (controlled distribution of scarce resources): rationering [common-gender] (Danish), rantsoenering [feminine] (Dutch), säännöstely (Finnish), rationnement [masculine] (French), Rationierung [feminine] (German), ફાળવણી (phāḷvaṇī) (Gujarati), માપબંધી (māpbandhī) (Gujarati), razionamento [masculine] (Italian), rasjonering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rasjonering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), racjonowanie [neuter] (Polish), reglamentacja [feminine] (Polish), норми́рование (normírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), racionamento [masculine] (Spanish), ransonering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rationing-en-noun-5sOZ7hnH Disambiguation of 'controlled distribution of scarce resources': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ration stamp

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rationing
  1. present participle and gerund of ration Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ration
    Sense id: en-rationing-en-verb-S46Kizj4

Inflected forms

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