decontrol
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of decontrol
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In 1983, he helped Dingell block a high-stakes bill to decontrol natural gas prices when a majority on the committee favored passage.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2015
But landlords have refused to consider ending vacancy decontrol altogether, these people said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2011
About 300,000 apartments have been deregulated in the past 16 years, he said, and only a full repeal of vacancy decontrol laws would prevent more losses.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2010
But tenants fought back and won in a court decision that also undercut plans for using city tax abatements to further sweeten returns on apartments pushed into luxury decontrol.
From Time ● Jan. 20, 2010
"The standing joint committee of the Industrial Women's Organisations have passed a resolution unanimously endorsing the action of the Consumers' Council in opposing the decontrol of meat."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 by Sir Owen Seaman
Legislators who created the 421-g program always intended for the units to be decontrolled when they hit the $2,000 mark, he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2010
The turning point came in June when crude began to be decontrolled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Except in the fuel and energy sectors as well as communications and transportation, almost all prices have been decontrolled.
From Time Magazine Archive
His government decontrolled many basic prices, including those of bread, which had been regulated since the let-them-eat-cake days of 1791.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most prices are now fully decontrolled and the Vietnamese currency has been effectively devalued and floated at world market rates.
From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Ford pledged again to send Congress a plan for gradually decontrolling all U.S.-produced oil; about two-thirds of it is now price-fixed at $5.25 per bbl.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has spoken of decontrolling some gas prices and requiring "substantial sacrifices" from the American people to assure energy supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
By decontrolling routes, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 enabled dozens of new airlines to enter the business.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perestroika might make strikes more likely, since reform will eventually entail decontrolling prices and closing inefficient factories, measures that workers are likely to fight.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next plan, the Supreme Soviet urged, should be far bolder in cutting government spending, deregulating economic activity and decontrolling prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
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