rationing
pronunciation
How to pronounce rationing in British English:
UK [ˈræʃənɪŋ]
How to pronounce rationing in American English:
US [ˈræʃənɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of rationing
Word Origin
- rationing (n.)
- "restriction to limited allotments," 1865, verbal noun from ration (v.). Specifically of restrictions during wartime from 1917, from conditions in England during World War I.
Example
- 1. In britain , labouring under wartime rationing , planning was a practical problem .
- 2. High costs could also lead to excessive rationing , slowing development over the long term .
- 3. Naturally , rationing did not apply to military men or civil servants , who got free fuel allocations .
- 4. Soviet leaders were forever promoting brick-laying contests or rationing vodka , unaware that they were fighting human nature .
- 5. As I wrote a few weeks ago , the british , unlike americans , have positive memories of wartime austerity and even rationing .