Possible Clues:

• Share of food, etc
• Give one to a customer
• Share or allotment, of food say
• O, this would be in a manner of speaking all you're allowed
• Portion, share
• A fixed allowance in times of scarcity
• Limit issue of speech that lacks love, for a start
• Eke out
• The sort of mode that's not extreme for an allowance
• Limited allocation of food etc in wartime