Definition

Verb (transitive): - To remove or end the system of rationing for (a commodity or resource); to cease to restrict the supply of something that was previously controlled by rationing.

Usage Examples

• (To stop rationing sugar.)
• (To remove rationing restrictions on petrol.)

Advanced Usage

• "to deration a commodity": to officially stop limiting the quantity of a product that people are allowed to buy.
  • The economic recovery enabled the ministry to deration bread and milk. (The ministry removed the rationing system for those items.)
• "derationed goods": goods that are no longer subject to rationing.
  • After the announcement, derationed goods became available in shops without coupons. (Goods that are now freely sold.)

Variants and Related Words

• Derationing (noun): the act or process of ending rationing.
  • The derationing of meat took place gradually over several months. (The process of removing meat rationing.)
• Ration (verb/noun): to limit the supply of something; a fixed allowance.
  • During the crisis, the government had to ration fuel. (To control distribution.)

Synonyms

• Decontrol: to remove official controls on (a product or activity).
  • The decontrol of prices followed the deration of food. (Similar meaning, but broader.)
• Liberalize: to remove restrictions on trade or supply.
  • The market was liberalized after the war, leading to deration. (To make free from regulation.)

Phrasal Verbs

• Phase out: to gradually end a system or practice.
  • The authorities began to phase out rationing, effectively derationing products. (To gradually remove rationing.)

Related Idioms

• Take off the leash: to remove restrictions or controls.
  • With the new policy, the government took off the leash on consumer goods, effectively derationing them. (To allow free access.)