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Ration

A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

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Allocate 76% connected

To distribute or assign; to allot.

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Apportion 76% connected

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to app…

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Curb 76% connected

To bend or curve

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Curtail 76% connected

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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Fare 76% connected

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Percentage 76% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Restrict 76% connected

Restricted.

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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