All 14 Uses

ration
in
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
(Edited)

In his role as Tatowierer, he will receive extra rations.
p. 44.5

rations = portions of food
I get extra rations now.
p. 45.4
Don't you want them to know you can get extra rations?
p. 45.5 *
Lale shares his extra evening rations, only a few crusts of bread, with his friends from the block.
p. 55.3
He wanders over to his breakfast station and joins the other men who qualify for extra rations.
p. 62.4
He meets Dana near the entrance to Block 29 and gives her all his rations from breakfast.
p. 82.8
If we take one to a meal, we might even get extra rations.
p. 121.5
They don't want to have to talk about the horrors that lie in store, nor share their rations.
p. 127.1
You're all going to be given extra rations and blankets next week for a few days.
p. 129.7
Although Lale and a select group of prisoners do receive some extra rations for a few days, they soon dry up and Lale is unsure if the Red Cross ever did enter the camp.
p. 130.4
He has heard what other prisoners say about these men and the privileged position they occupy—they are housed separately, receive extra rations, and have warm clothing and blankets to sleep under.
p. 139.3
I got extra rations from him when I was in Block 6.
p. 180.5
They are denied their meager food rations; they might be flogged: sometimes it's just the one blow with a rifle butt or swagger stick, but at other times they are beaten savagely while their fellow prisoners are forced to look on.
p. 196.1
Lale eats sparingly from his rations.
p. 248.9

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)