Raion vs Ration - What's the difference?
raion | ration |
An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
* 2000 , Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union , Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p 119:
To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
To restrict (an activity etc.)
As nouns the difference between raion and ration
is that raion is an administrative unit of some eastern european and asian states while ration is .raion
English
Alternative forms
* rayon * rajonNoun
(en noun)- Suffice it to mention that several thousand raion papers were replaced by “territorial administrations” organs, and that all transport papers were closed.
Usage notes
The term describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city and is almost always translated as "district". A raion is usually an entity two steps below the national level.Anagrams
* ----ration
English
(wikipedia ration)Verb
(en verb)- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.