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Rationed vs Sold - What's the difference?

rationed | sold |

As verbs the difference between rationed and sold

is that rationed is past tense of ration while sold is past tense of sell.

As a noun sold is

solary; military pay.

rationed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ration)

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    ration

    English

    (wikipedia ration)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A portion designated to a person or group.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
    • We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
  • To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
    • By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
  • To restrict (an activity etc.)
    • 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

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    sold

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sell)
    • Derived terms
    * oversold

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) solde. See soldier, and compare sou.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) solary; military pay
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

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    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms