rationing system
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rationing
noun[U]
uk/ˈræʃ.ən.ɪŋ/us/ˈræʃ.ən.ɪŋ/
a system of limiting the amount of something that each person is allowed ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofrationingandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, the non-agricultural population was still provided with subsidized grain at the unified grain sale price under therationingsystem.
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The use of grain coupons was an important element of therationingsystem.
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With the imposition of arationingsystem, the authorities effectively had created a second currency, that of ration cards and coupons.
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The frequency of trades is significantly affected by the initial water allocation and also by a priorityrationingsystem.
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The clandestine traffic in cards and coupons was a serious problem for the administration, for it threatened the integrity of therationingsystemby undermining the value of its currency.
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Ourrationingsystemhad some original and effective features.
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It should not be difficult, and it is silly to keep a completerationingsystemin force because of that.
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They do not take the trouble to find out what therationingsystemis.
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I am afraid it must be admitted that the distribution of shell egg has been perhaps the most unsatisfactory feature of ourrationingsystem.
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Do you complain because we have arationingsystem?
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There are a certain number of articles for which there is a maximum price fixed and for which there is norationingsystem.
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But far more important is the waste of manpower involved in the presentrationingsystem.
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Thisrationingsystemis not some temporary nuisance; it is going to be a semi-permanent feature of our economy.
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Two fallacies underlie therationingsystemfor private cars.
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History therefore proves that they are not necessary for arationingsystem.
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Are we to understand that they will be considered on the basis of a percentage grant, or on arationingsystemof grant?
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I do not believe that people have given enough thought to the unfairness and difficulties that anyrationingsystemwould create.
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In other words, there would have to be arationingsystemfor water.
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Unlike a couponrationingsystem, however, it would not allow the level of consumption to be varied in the light of the supply situation.
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