RATIONING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

rationing

verb

present participle of ration

as in allotting

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 rationing The International Energy Agency’s plan to cut oil use included car-free Sundays, a rationing tactic from the 1970s oil crisis. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026 Teams that skip that step end up rationing ideas to pay for churn, and blame finance for the rationing. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Lake Maumelle is at an historic low, according to the paper, but not low enough to call for rationing. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 Equity investors have shown a clear preference for quality and defense, as the debt markets have begun rationing growth capital more stringently, raising hurdle rates for the more marginal AI-data-center borrowers. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 Families have begun rationing water and a shortage of groceries has sent prices soaring in the country’s third-largest city. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The government has increasingly relied on rationing as electricity supply falls short of demand. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Doctors and supply chain experts say taxing imported generics would raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of crucial drugs. — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 In this respect, demand destruction has acted as a form of rationing, providing a structured way for Iranian political and economic elites to push the costs of the war and sanctions onto ordinary people. — Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationing

Verb

Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

Definition of allotting

Verb

Sports organizations are understandably allocating substantial resources to AI infrastructure and applications … in large part to get at the data sets that sports fans generate.

— Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
The question relates to increasing property taxes for the purpose of allocating more money to the fire protection district.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of allocating

Verb

The Lakers made the move Thursday, also assigning first-round pick Cameron Carr to the Coachella Valley Lakers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Even more modest proposals, like assigning public schools a letter grade for their performance, have hit roadblocks and haven’t been implemented on time.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of assigning

Verb

The defense ministry faces difficult choices in distributing the existing systems with so many installations vulnerable to attack.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Its multi-barrel design distributes firing cycles across six barrels, supporting sustained firing while distributing heat and mechanical stress.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026