dictionary definitions for "rationed"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  distributed \distributed\ adj.
     1. spread from a central location to multiple points or
        recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms:
        {apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled
        out}; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; {dispersed,
        spread}; {divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the
        basis of a plan or purpose)}; encyclical; rationed;
        scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; {unfocused,
        unfocussed}] Also See: distributive.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.
  
     Syn: diversified.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
                Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom.
                                                    xii. 13.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rationed
      adj 1: distributed equitably in limited individual portions;
             "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"


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