daily ration

collocation in English

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daily
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.li/us
/ˈdeɪ.li/
a person who is employed to clean someone ...
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ration
noun[C]
uk
/ˈræʃ.ən/us
/ˈræʃ.ən/
a limited amount of something that one person is allowed to have, especially when there is not much of ...
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(Definition ofdailyandrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Or, game secured as they went along could replace part of thedailyration, enabling the preserved food to last longer than planned.
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Each donkey received approximately 0.25 of thedailyrationin each of meals one and two, and the remaining 0.50 for meal three.
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Suppose two people need adailyrationof a medication to survive.
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Thus, a married soldier would lose his right of residence in one of the city's eight barracks and thedailyrationof bread (four loaves) to which he was entitled.
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Thedailyrationat present issued to the troops at home is as follows: ¾ lb.
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Our regulations additionally require thedailyrationto increase in line with the growth of the calf.
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There is no fixeddailyrationof liquid milk, but, on the average, each recruit receives not less than one pint a day.
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Will the amount of thedailyrationallowance, 9¾.
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Theirdailyrationamounts to 2,200 calories, not counting fresh fruit and vegetables.
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The maximumdailyrationallowed in terms of oats is 13lbs.
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Then we have some knowledge as to the value in terms of nutrition of the basicdailyrationin enemy-occupied countries.
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Thedailyrationis designed to provide four meals a day and that is normally the practice.
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The safety factor for many such children of tender age has been the provision of that smalldailyrationof milk.
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There will also be a special increase in thedailyrationof men who cannot be fed in mess.
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Thedailyrationhitherto issued to prisoners of war in this country is: meat 8 ozs.
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For instance, in one, five grammes of potatoes is given as thedailyration, and in the other, 36 ounces.
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Since then, however, thedailyrationhas been re-adjusted with the object of saving dollar expenditure.
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It is agreed that the minimumdailyrationof calories necessary for health is 2,800.
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There is adailyrationof bread.
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