| Main Entry: | ration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allotment of limited supply |
Synonyms: |
allowance, apportionment, assignment, bit, consignment, cut, distribution, division, dole, drag, food, helping, measure, meed, part, piece of action, portion, provender, provision, quantum, quota, share, store, supply |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | ration |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide something into portions |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, assign, budget, conserve, control, deal, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole, give out, issue, limit, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel, parcel out, proportion, prorate, quota, restrict, save, share |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | allocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
Synonyms: |
allotment, apportionment, appropriation, portion, quota, ration, share |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint* |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
Synonyms: |
aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
| Main Entry: | apportion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into shares |
Synonyms: |
accord, admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, piece up, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, monopolize, withhold |
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan money or action |
Synonyms: |
allocate, apportion, calculate, compute, cost, estimate, predict, ration |
| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily intake of food |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bite, comestibles, commons, daily bread, edibles, fare, goodies, grubbery, menu, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, provisions, rations, snack, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals |
| Main Entry: | distribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, deliver, spread |
Synonyms: |
administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, deal out, diffuse, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up, dole out, donate, endow, fork out, give, give away, hand out, issue, lot out, measure out, mete, parcel, partition, pass out, pay out, present, prorate, radiate, ration, scatter, share, shell out, slice up, sow, strew |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, store |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, articulate, cut, cut in, cut one in, cut up, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, divvy up, dole out, factor, fork out, go fifty-fifty, hand out, hand over, lot out, measure out, parcel, partition, piece up, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share, shell out, shift, slice, slice up, split up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, retain |