Definition for RA'TION

RA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. ratio, proportion.]

A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, drink and food assigned to each soldier in an army for his daily subsistent and for the subsistence of horses. Officers have several rations according to their rank or number of attendants. Seamen in the navy also have rations of certain articles. – Encyc.

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