0 past simple and past participle of ration
1 to limit the amount of a particular thing that someone is allowed to have:
Selecting candidates for liver transplantation: a medical ethics perspective on the allocation of a scarce and rationed resource.
This appears reasonable in particular as water supply from tank trucks is likely to be rationed less than water from other sources.
In our setting, another case of interest is that in which the other goods are rationed ex ante but are chosen optimally upon residential relocation.
Corporate competitions again flourished as a way for corporations to maintain a public image when products were rationed and taken off the market.
If a good is rationed, price is not marginal utility.
Many products are still rationed with fixed prices.
Services are tightly rationed because of the low level of provision.
Moreover, firms are rationed on the equity market and have to rely on banks to obtain external finance.
