Sentence:  They went shopping in the neighborhood , and bought two loaves of bread with the ration coupons they had been <WSD>given</WSD> in Blois , and some cheese , and a dozen eggs , and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place Redoute - the first oranges they had seen since they landed . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  place into the hands or custody of