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Every country in the world is battling the rising cost of health care. No community anywhere has demonstrably lowered its health-care costs (not just slowed their rate of increase) by improving medical services. They've lowered costs only by cutting or rationing them.
Atul Gawande

Meaning of "rationing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RATIONING

rationing  [ˈræʃənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATIONING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rationing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATIONING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rationing

Rationing

Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.

Definition of rationing in the English dictionary

The definition of rationing in the dictionary is the process of restricting consumption of certain commodities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATIONING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
awakening
əˈweɪkənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
counterconditioning
ˌkaʊntəkənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
cross-questioning
ˌkrɒsˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
cushioning
ˈkʊʃənɪŋ
fastening
ˈfɑːsənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
poisoning
ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
proportioning
prəˈpɔːʃənɪŋ
questioning
ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
reasoning
ˈriːzənɪŋ
strengthening
ˈstreŋθənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
unquestioning
ʌnˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
versioning
ˈvɜːʃənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATIONING

rational
rational dress
rational number
rationale
rationalisable
rationalise
rationaliser
rationalism
rationalist
rationalistic
rationalistically
rationalities
rationality
rationalizable
rationalization
rationalize
rationalizer
rationally
rationalness
rations

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATIONING

air conditioning
ballooning
beckoning
beginning
blood poisoning
burgeoning
canyoning
classical conditioning
cloning
couponing
decommissioning
doning
food poisoning
human cloning
lead poisoning
Liaoning
reckoning
seasoning
swooning
visioning
zoning

Synonyms and antonyms of rationing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RATIONING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rationing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rationing

Translation of «rationing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATIONING

Find out the translation of rationing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rationing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rationing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

配给制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

racionamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

rationing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राशन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التقنين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нормирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

racionamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংভরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rationnement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Catuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rationierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

配給
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배급제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rationing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chia lương thực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பங்கீட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिधावाटप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tayına bağlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

razionamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

racjonowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нормування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

raționalizarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δελτίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rantsoenering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ratio
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rasjonering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rationing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONING»

The term «rationing» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rationing

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10 QUOTES WITH «RATIONING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rationing.
1
Donald Berwick
It boggles my mind that the same people who cry 'foul' about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them.
2
Sydney Brenner
There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford.
3
Tim Curry
I remember candy rationing until I was, like, 7.
4
Jacque Fresco
Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.
5
Atul Gawande
Every country in the world is battling the rising cost of health care. No community anywhere has demonstrably lowered its health-care costs (not just slowed their rate of increase) by improving medical services. They've lowered costs only by cutting or rationing them.
6
Omar Torrijos Herrera
I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.
7
Charles Krauthammer
If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing.
8
Richard Lamm
I believe a nation does not maximize its health care until it starts to ask the hard question: How can we prioritize our expenditures to buy the most health care for the most people? We should not apologize for rationing; we should promote it and advance it.
9
Richard Lamm
It is my passionate belief that we can all have better health care through rationing.
10
Cameron Mackintosh
I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATIONING»

Discover the use of rationing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rationing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of ...
Amy Bentley reveals the role of the Wartime Homemaker as a pivotal component not only of World War II but also of the development of the United States into a superpower.
Amy Bentley, 1998
2
Rationing Health Care: Hard Choices and Unavoidable Trade-offs
'Medical need' is a factor in health care access decision-making, but merit-considerations are becoming important too. In the shortening of waiting time, priority arrangements are considered and/or introduced, based on non-medical criteria.
André den Exter, Martin Buijsen, 2012
3
Can We Say No?: The Challenge of Rationing Health Care
"Examines the use of rationing as a means to curb health care spending, using the experience of Great Britain to highlight the promises and pitfalls of this approach"--Provided by publisher.
Henry J. Aaron, William B. Schwartz, 2005
4
Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care: A ...
Drawing upon jurisprudence from England, Canada and South Africa, the book evaluates the capacity of courts to establish the conditions for a process of public deliberation from which legitimacy for healthcare rationing may be derived.
Keith Syrett, 2007
5
Rationing of Medical Services in Europe: An Empirical Study ...
The main goals for healthcare are: Equal access to healthcare for everyone; Cost-efficient production of health services and Cost-control of public expenditure for medical services. Especially cost-control seems to be a global problem.
J.M. Graf von der Schulenburg, Michael Blanke, 2004
6
The Ethics of Health Care Rationing
This volume explains why, and in what ways, health care is being rationed in the late-1990s health service.
John Butler, 1999
7
Reasonable Rationing: International Experience of Priority ...
Health care rationing is a reality in much of the world, and priority setting is an issue of increasing importance.
Ham, Chris, Glenn, Robert, 2003
8
Rationing Justice: Poverty Lawyers and Poor People in the ...
A "new breed of lawyer" -- The lawyers' war on poverty, 1965-1970 -- The lean years, 1970-1975 -- "Equal access to justice" : LSC and the expansion of legal services in the deep South, 1975-1981 -- Low-income families, poverty lawyers, and ...
Kris Shepard, 2007
9
Rationing in Health Care: The Theory and Practice of ...
"Explores the latest thinking and practice on priority setting methods.
Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson, Helen Dickinson, 2011
10
Rationing in Medicine: Ethical, Legal and Practical Aspects
Authors from the disciplines of medicine, philosophy, economics and law as well as practitioners of health care itself and from the field of health-care financing have contributed to this volume.
Friedrich Breyer, H. Kliemt, F. Thiele, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATIONING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rationing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Puerto Rico imposes water rations that could make daily showers a …
Puerto Rico has imposed strict water-rationing measures that will make daily ... He said another 70,000 people could be affected by rationing measures if rain ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
San Jose to face mandatory water rationing with monthly allotments
SAN JOSE -- In a dramatic sign of the increasing severity of California's drought, Silicon Valley's largest water company will impose mandatory water rationing ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
3
Internet 'rationing' needed as UK cannot keep up with demand
Internet access may soon need to be rationed or restricted because the UK's power supply and communications network cannot cope with consumers' appetite ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Venezuela to Begin Nationwide Power Rationing
CARACAS—Venezuela's government, which heavily subsidizes electricity, will start rationing power nationwide as it faces a surge in demand for air conditioning ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
Taiwan launches water rationing to fight drought
Taiwan has launched water rationing in some major cities as the island battles its worst drought in over a decade following the lowest rainfall in nearly 70 years. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Missing sailor: I survived by staying inside, rationing
He says he rationed food and water and kept his calorie expenditure low. "That meant I had to stay inside the boat as much as possible, therefore I didn't have a ... «Yahoo News UK, Apr 15»
7
Field Poll: More Californians want mandatory water rationing
Amid stubborn drought conditions, more Californians are warming to the prospect of government-imposed mandatory water rationing, but a majority still favor the ... «Sacramento Bee, Feb 15»
8
Brazil faces water rationing amid worst drought in 84 years
Brazil is struggling to supply enough water to its 200 million people, amid the worst drought in 84 years. São Paulo's 20 million citizens face having their tap ... «RTCC, Feb 15»
9
Brazil drought: water rationing alone won't save Sao Paulo
State officials recently announced a potential rationing program of five days without water and two days with, in case the February and March rains do not refill ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
10
Sao Paulo warns of severe water rationing
Authorities in Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest state and economic hub, have warned they are considering severe water rationing if the country's worst drought in 80 ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»

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