Ration vs Percentage - What's the difference?
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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.)
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
A share of the profits.
(informal) Benefit or advantage.
As nouns the difference between ration and percentage
is that ration is a portion designated to a person or group while percentage is the amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.As a verb ration
is to supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.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.
Anagrams
* * ----percentage
English
Noun
(en noun)- A high percentage of secondary school leavers take a gap year .
- She gets a percentage for every vacuum cleaner sold.
- There was no percentage in staying at home.