rationing
Limited supply allocation
Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, limiting how much each person can have.
Governments impose rationing during wartime or emergencies: During the war, sugar and gasoline were subject to rationing.
The verb ration means to distribute in fixed portions or to limit consumption: We rationed our water supply to make it last the week.
Fixed assigned amount
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- sharePortion given out
portion · allowance · dole · parcel · measure · stint · coupon · entitlement
Redeemable discount certificates
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- victory gardenCivilian wartime food plot
- home frontCivilian sector during war
- black marketIllicit trading system
war effort · propaganda · civilians · mobilization · austerity · sacrifice · patriotism · morale
Minimal means of living
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- preparednessState of being equipped
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
foraging · self-sufficiency · prepping · bunker · endurance · resilience · crisis · disaster
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- lackDeficiency or absence
want · privation · depletion · undersupply · scant · meager · shortfall · deficiency
Leavened flour product
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- butterSolid fat from cream
- meatAnimal tissue for food
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
eggs · coffee · chocolate · flour · rice · cooking oil · staples · groceries
Reserving for future use
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
stretching · husbanding · moderation · restraint · cutback · reduction · sustainable use · resource management
Refined petroleum vehicle fuel
- petrolMotor vehicle fuel
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- heating oilPetroleum for home furnaces
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
electricity · energy crisis · gas lines · odd-even · siphoning · fuel economy · miles per gallon · energy conservation
Severity-based prioritization
- transplant listQueue for donated organs
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
medical supplies · hospital beds · ICU · dialysis · vaccine distribution · prioritization · waitlist · life-saving
quota
Fixed assigned amount
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
share · portion · allowance · dole · parcel · measure · stint · coupon · entitlement · per capita
coupons
Redeemable discount certificates
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- victory gardenCivilian wartime food plot
- home frontCivilian sector during war
black market · war effort · propaganda · civilians · mobilization · austerity · sacrifice · patriotism · morale · queuing
subsistence
Minimal means of living
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- preparednessState of being equipped
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
hoarding · foraging · self-sufficiency · prepping · bunker · endurance · resilience · crisis · disaster · shelter
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
lack · want · privation · depletion · undersupply · scant · meager · shortfall · deficiency · inadequacy
bread
Leavened flour product
milk · eggs · coffee · chocolate · flour · rice · cooking oil · staples · groceries · pantry
saving
Reserving for future use
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- frugalityEconomical resource management
thrift · stretching · husbanding · moderation · restraint · cutback · reduction · sustainable use · resource management · eking out
gasoline
Refined petroleum vehicle fuel
- petrolMotor vehicle fuel
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- heating oilPetroleum for home furnaces
natural gas · electricity · energy crisis · gas lines · odd-even · siphoning · fuel economy · miles per gallon · energy conservation · blackout
triage
Severity-based prioritization
- transplant listQueue for donated organs
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
insulin · medical supplies · hospital beds · ICU · dialysis · vaccine distribution · prioritization · waitlist · life-saving · medical ethics
- wartime economywar bonds, war loans, war production, war effort, war factories
- WWII Homefrontwar bonds, victory gardens, war effort, scrap drives, blackouts
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- wartimewar economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations, home front
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
rationingabundance
Ample supply, overflowing
plenty · surplus · glut · overabundance · oversupply
- food rationingControlled distribution of provisions
- water rationingControlled distribution during scarcity
- wartime rationingRegulated distribution during armed conflict
- war rationingControlled civilian supply allocation during armed conflict
- fuel rationingRestricted distribution of petroleum
- gas rationingLimiting fuel purchases
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