0 past simple and past participle of ration --
1 to limit the amount of a particular thing that someone is allowed to have: --
The rest are rationed by bureaucratic units and committees through a process that is separate from the budget and has no auditing and accountability mechanism.
Overall, 14% of all voters said that they had rationed their votes (pei piao).
Once again, its incidence is rationed, albeit less strictly.
Initially, the treatment had to be rationed due to lack of financial resources.
Three distinct accounts of negotiating unstable and rationed home care were discernible.
Sometimes people sold them because they needed the cash more than they needed the rationed good.
Without ration coupons, it was impossible to purchase rationed goods.
Moreover, firms are rationed on the equity market and have to rely on banks to obtain external finance.
