Collocations for ration - noun
ADJECTIVE
daily,
monthly
full
double, extra
Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.
full
double, extra
Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.
meagre/meager
The refugees waited for their meagre/meager rations of soup.
The refugees waited for their meagre/meager rations of soup.
emergency,
humanitarian,
short,
starvation,
wartime rations
We've been put on short rations.
We've been put on short rations.
food,
gasoline (AmE),
petrol (BrE),
water,
etc.
VERB + ration
give sb,
hand out,
provide (sb with)
get, receive
consume, eat, have, use, use up
You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!
get, receive
consume, eat, have, use, use up
You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!
cut,
reduce
The guards are going to cut our rations again.
The guards are going to cut our rations again.
PREPOSITION
on a/the ration
They are living on starvation rations.
They are living on starvation rations.
ration of
our daily ration of bread
our daily ration of bread