dispense vs ration

dispense

verb
  • To issue, distribute, or give out. 

  • To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. 

  • To supply or make up a medicine or prescription. 

ration

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. 

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

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