deration

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To remove rationing restrictions from (a product or commodity), so that the amounts one can buy or obtain are no longer limited by regulation.

   In the UK, following World War II, petrol was not derationed until 1950.

Similar words

ration derate deregulate derationalise derationalize decontrol derestrict disrate deredden deprovision

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