rations
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ra - tions -> rations
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ration /'ræʃn/ n [C]
၁။ တရားဝင်ခွဲတမ်း။ ခွဲတမ်း။ the weekly butter/meat/ petrol ration (eg during a war) ❍ a ration card/book (ie entitling the holder to a ration).
၂။ rations [pl] ရိက္ခာ။ ရာရှင်။ We're on short rations (ie allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive.
v ~ sb/ sth (to sth) (esp passive) ခွဲတမ်းချထားသည်။ ကန့်သတ်ထားသည်။ People were rationed to one egg a week. ❍ Bread was rationed to one loaf per family.
❏ rationing n [U] ခွဲတမ်းစနစ်။ ရာရှင်စနစ်။ The government may have to introduce petrol rationing.
❏ ration sth out [PHRV ] ဝေပုံကျခွဲပေးသည်။ ration the remaining water out among the survivors.
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share, portion, allowance, quota, allotment, helping, measure, allocation, allocate, allot, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, bit, budget, conserve, consignment, control, curb, cut, deal, distribute, distribution, division, divvy, divvy up, dole, drag, food, give out, issue, limit, measure out, meed, mete, mete out, parcel, parcel out, part, piece of action, proportion, prorate, provender, provision, put a ceiling on, quantum, regulate, restrict, save, store, supply
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