RATIONED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

rationed

verb

past tense of ration

as in allotted

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

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Recent Examples of rationed France devalued its currency in 1927, the United Kingdom abandoned the gold standard in 1931, and the same year Germany imposed import restrictions and rationed access to foreign currency. — Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 The government has rationed fuel sales, and on the black market a liter of gasoline sells for as much as $10. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 During the lean Depression and war years, when unemployment was high and food was being rationed, potlucks provided a social outlet that didn’t put the financial burden on a single host. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 The national stockpile of antibiotics is rationed among local distribution centers. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 No treasurer builds payment flows on an instrument that might be rationed. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Chips are being rationed; companies like Micron, the data-center dominator, and Applied Materials, which makes equipment for Micron, are, for the first time ever, getting long-term contracts for their wares. — Jim Cramer, Contributor, CNBC, 16 July 2026 And a single national unemployment rate can make the economy look stable while opportunity is being rationed unevenly underneath. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Water is rationed, temperatures are breaking records, and droughts have been increasingly severe. — Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026

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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which covers an area just outside New Orleans and was allotted the highest amount — nearly $4 million through 2025 — did not respond to more than a dozen calls and emails.

— Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of allotted

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The amount of time, money and resources being allocated to developing new cell and gene therapies indicates that the market will continue its rapid growth.

— Jigar Thakkar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The deal has also been announced at a time when the NIH has been struggling to issue sufficient grants to use the money that Congress allocated to it.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of allocated

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Almost 25 years later, Argano, now 65, is still on duty at the firehouse — the last of the firefighters assigned there in 2001 who still works there.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
That’s when the SBI's Cold Case Investigative Team assigned Special Investigator Andy Murr to review the case using forensic tools that were unheard of in 1977.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of assigned

Verb

After four hurricanes struck Florida in 2004, Maines noticed the federal government had distributed millions of dollars in disaster assistance in Miami-Dade County, even though the county had barely been touched by the storms.

— Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Posters started showing up around town, distributed by graphic artist Milton Glaser‘s students at the School of Visual Arts.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026