budget vs ration

budget

noun
  • A relatively small amount of available money. 

  • The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe. 

  • An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue. 

verb
  • To plan for the use of in a budget. 

  • To construct or draw up a budget. 

  • To provide funds, allow for in a budget. 

adj
  • Appropriate to a restricted budget. 

ration

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

verb
  • To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. 

  • To restrict (an activity etc.) 

  • To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to. 

How often have the words budget and ration occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )