A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

(transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. / (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus. / (uncountable) The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc. / (by extension) A cane made from this material.

(transitive) To beat with a rattan cane.

plural of ration

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ration

Lively, quick (speech, pace). / (dated, intensifier) good, fine.

present participle of rattle

rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)

(nautical) Alternative form of ratline