See Also: ration(medicine)
Ration(money)
K ration(dictionary)
ration(dictionary)
basal ration(medicine)
ration 1, noun(dictionary)
ration 2, verb(dictionary)

K ration (iou)



K ration noun phr. M20.
[from initial letter of surname of Ancel Keys (b. 1904), Amer. physiologist + RATION noun.]
An issue of compressed or dehydrated food etc. for use in the absence of regular supplies, esp. as given to soldiers in the war of 1939-45.