All 11 Uses

ration
in
All the Light We Cannot See
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Three rations.†
p. 210.4
Madame Manec brings her omelets, cassoulet, brochettes of fish, fabricating miracles out of ration tickets and the dregs of her cupboards, but Marie-Laure refuses to eat.†
p. 226.5
At von Rumpel's request, Dupont is furnished with forged food-ration tickets.†
p. 235.5 *
"And these ridiculous shoe ration coupons," says Madame Ruelle, the baker's wife.†
p. 248.2
Ration card restrictions, abysmal puddings, the deteriorating quality of fingernail varnish—these are crimes they feel in their souls.†
p. 248.5
A ration ticket.†
p. 323.1
She passes over a ration ticket, finds her way directly home, and dead-bolts the door behind her.†
p. 346.5
The simpering landlady on the first floor takes the sheaf of ration tickets he offers and buries them in her housecoat.†
p. 361.1
The rations are long gone, the canteens are empty, and the sludge in the bottom of the bucket full of paintbrushes is undrinkable.†
p. 379.6
She places a ration coupon on the counter.†
p. 402.4
For meals they have cabbage and barley in the factory canteen at noon, endless ration lines in the evening.†
p. 487.6

Definitions:

(1) (ration)
a fixed share of something, especially scarce goods like food or fuel; or to limit and distribute something in fixed shares
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)