All 4 Uses of
ration
in
Catch-22
- There were extra rations of fresh meat, and during the hot part of the afternoon he and the others were served chilled fruit juice or chilled chocolate milk.†
Chpt 1 *
- Through the lavender gloom clouding the entrance of the operations tent, Yossarian glimpsed Chief White Halfoat, diligently embezzling whiskey rations, forging the signatures of nondrinkers and pouring off the alcohol with which he was poisoning himself into separate bottles rapidly in order to steal as much as he could before Captain Black roused himself with recollection and came hurrying over indolently to steal the rest himself.†
Chpt 14
- Then he ate a whole tin of Cheddar cheese from a package of K rations.†
Chpt 28
- He drew no pay or PX rations and depended for life on the charity of Sergeant Towser and Milo, who both knew he was dead.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(ration) verb: to restrict the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage, or when more is wanted than is available
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field