Rations

Definition

ration /'ræʃn/ n [C] ၁။ တရားဝင္ခြဲတမ္း။ ခြဲတမ္း။ the weekly butter/meat/ petrol ration (eg during a war) ❍ a ration card/book (ie entitling the holder to a ration). ၂။ rations [pl] ရိကၡာ။ ရာရွင္။ We're on short rations (ie allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive. v ~ sb/ sth (to sth) (esp passive) ခြဲတမ္းခ်ထားသည္။ ကန္႔သတ္ထားသည္။ People were rationed to one egg a week. ❍ Bread was rationed to one loaf per family. ❏ rationing n [U] ခြဲတမ္းစနစ္။ ရာရွင္စနစ္။ The government may have to introduce petrol rationing. ❏ ration sth out [ PHRV ] ေဝပံုက်ခြဲေပးသည္။ ration the remaining water out among the survivors.

Examples

1. The organization will provide refugees with emergency rations.