RATIONING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

rationing

verb

present participle of ration

as in allotting

to give as a share or portion the region has had to ration water during times of drought

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Recent Examples of rationing The government has increasingly relied on rationing as electricity supply falls short of demand. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Doctors and supply chain experts say taxing imported generics would raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of crucial drugs. — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 In this respect, demand destruction has acted as a form of rationing, providing a structured way for Iranian political and economic elites to push the costs of the war and sanctions onto ordinary people. — Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026 Simon forced himself to keep up with Ortiz, taking Benzedrine tablets from his survival kit and rationing out a few remaining bits of chocolate. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 The threat of shortages pushed countries across Asia to impose export bans, cut import duties, and start rationing fuel to maintain supplies. — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 During a 1994 drought, rationing left the San Juan metro area with water available only every second or third day, according to a 2020 report commissioned by the American Society of Civil Engineers. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Check whether the location is included in the current rationing plan (click here). — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationing

Verb

Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

Definition of allotting

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So to say that another way, plants are taking up all of this carbon from our atmosphere and then allocating about thirteen billion tons of that to networks every year.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
This funding has helped, but allocating more money to public schools isn’t the only way to make progress.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of allocating

Verb

Rather than assigning a class based on a single characteristic, the system considers combinations of properties, including texture, mineralogy, pH and profile thickness — the depth of the soil layer.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
His remarks nonetheless reinforced a judgment in the markets that the Fed would pause its rate increases, with the futures market assigning a 15% probability to an October hike as of Friday morning.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of assigning

Verb

Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026