ration

ration

Quantité fixe de nourriture ou d’une autre ressource limitée qu’une personne peut recevoir.

En anglais simple : A fixed amount of food or another limited supply that someone is allowed to have.

• We received our daily ration of rice.
• The soldiers carried enough rations for three days.
• Has everyone collected their water ration?

Comment l'utiliser : ration of something (Each soldier received a ration of bread.)

Synonymes : allowance, allotment, portion

Expressions courantes : daily ration, food ration, ration of something

rationner

Ne donner à chacun qu’une quantité fixée d’un produit, car il n’y en a pas assez pour tous.

En anglais simple : To give people only a fixed amount of something because there is not enough for everyone.

• We must ration our water.
• The government rationed fuel during the shortage.
• Was sugar rationed during the war?

Synonymes : limit, allocate

Expressions courantes : ration food, ration water, ration fuel

limiter, restreindre

Limiter pour soi ou pour quelqu’un la quantité d’une activité ou le temps consacré à un plaisir.

En anglais simple : To allow yourself or someone else only a fixed amount of an activity or enjoyment.

• We ration the children's screen time.
• He rationed himself to one coffee break each morning.
• Should parents ration television during exam week?

Comment l'utiliser : ration someone to something (She rationed herself to one hour of television a day.)

Synonymes : limit, restrict, curb

Expressions courantes : ration screen time, ration yourself, ration someone's television