rationing

For some like Lorelei and her friends, rationing pills has been the only option and holding down a job has become too much as their original symptoms have returned.

Sixty neighbourhoods in Quito have had their water supplies cut as part of rationing measures.

Gasoline rationing was instituted: There was no lack of product from the oil fields, it was simply being torpedoed by U-boats, causing severe shortages along the East Coast.

So much so that team Great Britain flew in their own private chef to help prepare meals for their athletes following complaints of inadequate serving portions and rationing of high-protein foods, The Independent reported.

It was the rice rationing of the wartime government that introduced white rice into people's daily fare.