The English term "ration" matches the Italian term "pezzo, razione"

other english words that include "ration" : italian :
abjuration abiura
acceleration accelerazione
administration economato
adoration venerazione, adorazione
adorations adorazione
adumbration denotazione
arbitration award lodo
castration accapponatura
celebration fisso
consideration considerazione
cooperation collaborazione
customs declaration dichiarazione doganale
declaration of value valore dichiarato
decoration onorificenza
demonstration presentazione
desecration violazione
disfiguration sfigurazione
disintegration decomposizione
duration durata
elaboration elaborazione
emigration emigrazione
enumeration enumerazione
equilibration equilibrio
evaporation vaporizzazione, esalazione
exaggeration esagerazione
exasperation animosità
expiration decadenza, decorso
exploration esplorazione
frustration disillusione
generation generazione
gyration girata
immigration immigrazione
inspiration eccitamento, idea
laceration ferita carnosa
liberation liberazione
nuclear disintegration disintegrazione nucleare
numeration numerazione, enumerazione
obscuration oscuramento
operation fase di lavorazione, operazione, servizio
operational aziendale
operationally aziendale
oration orazione
perspiration sudore
rational razionale
rationalization razionalizzazione
rationalize razionalizzare
rationally ragionevole
rationing razionamento
recuperation ristabilimento
redecoration restauro
registration registrazione, dichiarazione di soggiorno
registration form modulo di denuncia
registration office anàgrafe
registrations annunci
remuneration stipendio
saturation satollamento
shop operation fase di lavorazione
toleration sopportazione
vituperation vituperio
The Influence of Dante
It wasn’t until Dante Alighieri, one of Italy’s most well-known authors that the language was standardized. Until Alighieri wrote his book The Devine Comedy, most literature was written in Latin. He opted to write in the language of the common people. The dialect he chose was spoken in Tuscan and it became the standard for the Italian language and literature that is spoken today.
Italian Unity
There are many dialects of Italian and each one is considered its own independent language. This is because Italy was not unified in one country until 1861. At that point. Tuscan Italian became the official language. But just 2.5 percent of people could actually speak it. Today, around 30 percent of Italian dialects are considered endangered by UNESCO.
Italian and Music
Italian is the language of music with terms like crescendo, forte, and soprano. Musical notation came about during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Since many composers at the time were also Italian, it became the standard language of music.