A ration. / Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

The process, or result of rationalizing. / A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event. / A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.

In a rational manner

A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

(transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. / (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. / Objective consideration.

(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.

plural of ration

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ration

simple past tense and past participle of ration