rationing
/ɹˈæʃənɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The drastic rationing of paper enforced by the paper control, has made it necessary for us to adapt ourselves to the altered conditions."
- "After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958."