English-Finnish translations for ration

• säännöstellä
  Me voisimme harkita tapoja säännöstellä uusien tulokkaiden menoa markkinoille. We could look at ways of managing the rationing of new entrants to the market.
  Neuvosto ei kuitenkaan saa yrittää säännöstellä tietoja säästääkseen rahaa. However, the Council must not try to ration information in order to save money.
  Pula-aikana ruokaa säännösteltiin ruokakorteilla.

Definition of ration

• A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group
• To supply with a ration; to limit to a specific allowance of something
• To portion out ; to limit access to
• To restrict (an activity etc

Examples

• We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
• By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
• Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

Related words

• liberation
• exasperation
• administration
• aspiration
• operation
• rationalize
• generation
• duration
• cooperation