rationed

Temperatures fell to freezing, food and water were rationed.

Williams had brought a couple of chocolate bars with her to the hospital, rare luxuries in a city surviving on flour, water and rationed aid.

They often last for days or weeks as motorists wait for fuel, which is being rationed by the authorities.

Food is rationed to only one meal a day.

Clement Attlee was Prime Minister, and meat, cheese, sugar, and petrol were still being rationed after World War Two.