Rationing is when a person gives away a low amount of an already lowering amount of resources, goods, services,[1] or an artificial restriction of demand.
Rationing controls the size of theration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.[2]
government policy consisting of the planned and restrictive allocation of scarce resources and consumer goods, usually practiced during times of war, famine or some other national emergency.