RATION Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of ration

as in to allot

to give as a share or portion the region has had to ration water during times of drought

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noun

as in allowance

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Recent Examples of ration

Verb

Now that Wikipedia has become infrastructure, that community is rationing openness to preserve quality for readers. — Ryan McGrady, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 Americans were subject to rationing of food and other items, while POWs were provided a steady diet of good food and access to many name-brand items, such as cigarettes, that were unavailable to the general population. — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

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Without insurance, patients are much more likely to skip doctor appointments, skip or ration medications or even choose not to fill a prescription. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 And now people don’t get anything through the ration book, hardly. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ration

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In declining the option, the Hawks now have access to all of the $15 million allotted to their nontaxpayer midlevel exception.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Definition of allot

Noun

Collection allowances, administrative discounts, exemptions and jurisdiction-specific credits are often underutilized, especially in lean teams managing compliance across multiple states or product lines.

— Ryan Padget, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The program will now include a new mechanism, the manufacturing decarbonization incentive, that allows polluters to apply for and receive up to 118 million new allowances in exchange for investments in decarbonization projects.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of allowance

Verb

As part of it, the city hired 23 new water ecologists and allocated an additional $13 million to the health department for inspections.

— Ali Bauman, CBS News, 13 July 2026
On top of the administrative funding, the state allocated $14 million through June 2028 to fill in a gap from federal cuts for the CalFresh Outreach Program.

— Lizzie Kane July 11, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of allocate

Noun

James McConnell The 21-year-old central midfielder returned to action at the end of last season, playing for the under-21s and training with the first team after an injury kept him out of action for a large portion of the campaign.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Students are expected to return to the building when classes begin in August, although portions of the project will continue through most of November.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of portion

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The man — identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson — fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area.

— Joel Rose, NPR, 5 July 2026
Around the same time, Sullivan, who was assigned male at birth, began questioning her gender identity.

— Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of assign

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The Huntington cultivates them on-site and has distributed many to botanic gardens and zoos across the country.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The new round of Breakaway and Build OC donations follows an announcement, in September, that the Samueli family would use those then-new programs to distribute about $11 million to 138 local nonprofits.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

Definition of distribute

Noun

The proportions vary throughout the continent; the Belgian coastal region of Veurne has nearly 3 elderly people for every 4 working-age people.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
The wood used for the walls was cut to proportions regional farmers’ technology would have allowed.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

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