All 17 Uses of
ration
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- Bep and Miep went grocery shopping with our ration coupons, Father worked on our blackout screens, we scrubbed the kitchen floor, and were once again busy from sunup to sundown.
Chpt 42-07ration = good for a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- We also purchase ration books on the black market.
Chpt 42-11ration = (containing coupons good for) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- We've been using too much electricity and have now exceeded our ration.
Chpt 42-11 *ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- According to the newspaper, everyone is entitled to half a pound, but they mean those lucky souls who get their ration books from the government, not Jews in hiding like us who can only afford to buy four rather than eight ration books on the black market.
Chpt 42-12ration = (containing coupons that permit getting) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- According to the newspaper, everyone is entitled to half a pound, but they mean those lucky souls who get their ration books from the government, not Jews in hiding like us who can only afford to buy four rather than eight ration books on the black market.
Chpt 42-12
- The van Daans have been sleeping all winter long on the same flannel sheet, which can't be washed because detergent is rationed and in short supply.
Chpt 43-05rationed = restricted in the amount people can have
- Like everything else you can purchase without ration stamps, they're totally worthless.
Chpt 43-07ration = (exchanged for) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- Other than one ration stamp each for cheese, meat and bread, all she received from us was a jar of jam.
Chpt 43-09ration = (good for) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- In order for the many people in hiding to get their rations (you have to show this card to obtain your ration book or else pay 60 guilders a book), the registrar asked all those hiding in that district to pick up their cards at a specified hour, when the documents could be collected at a separate table.
Chpt 44-01rations = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- In order for the many people in hiding to get their rations (you have to show this card to obtain your ration book or else pay 60 guilders a book), the registrar asked all those hiding in that district to pick up their cards at a specified hour, when the documents could be collected at a separate table.
Chpt 44-01ration = (containing coupons that permit getting) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- The people who supply us with food coupons have been arrested, so we have just our five black-market ration books-no coupons, no fats and oils.
Chpt 44-03ration = (that permit getting) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- Better set aside some of my rations for Bep.
Chpt 44-03rations = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- Everyone's hungry; except for the ersatz coffee, a week's food ration doesn't last two days.
Chpt 44-03
- The ration board, the police, the officials-they're all either helping their fellow citizens or denouncing them and sending them off to prison.
Chpt 44-03ration = (responsible for) restricting the amount of goods people can have due to a shortage
- This month we received eight ration books.†
Chpt 44-04
- All Dutch people will be issued new ration registration cards.
Chpt 44-04ration = (related to) restricting the amount of goods people can have due to a shortage
- The delivery boy from the bakery has supplied us with darning thread-90 cents for one measly skein-the milkman can get hold of ration books, an undertaker delivers cheese.
Chpt 44-05ration = (containing coupons that permit getting) a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
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