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Collocations for ration - verb

ADV.

strictly
These foods had to be strictly rationed.

PREP.

to
The soldiers were rationed to one litre of water each per day.

Collocations for ration - noun

ADJ.

daily, monthly | double, entire, extra, full
Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.
meagre
The refugees queued up for their meagre rations of soup.
emergency, short, starvation, wartime ~s
We''ve been put on short rations.
cigarette, food, petrol, etc.

VERB + RATION

give sb, hand out, provide (sb with) | get, receive | consume, have, use up
You''ve had your ration of sweets for the day!
cut, reduce
The guards are going to cut our rations again.

RATION + NOUN

book, card, coupon

PREP.

on a/the ~
living on starvation rations
~ of
our daily ration of bread

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