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decontrol

American  
[dee-kuhn-trohl] / ˌdi kənˈtroʊl /

verb (used with object)

decontrolled, decontrolling
  1. to remove controls, especially government or other official controls, from.

    to decontrol prices or rents.


noun

  1. the removal of control.

decontrol British  
/ ˌdiːkənˈtrəʊl /

verb

  1. (tr) to free of restraints or controls, esp government controls

    to decontrol prices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of decontrol

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + control


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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

Assembly Democrats have proposed getting rid of vacancy decontrol and the governor has suggested either eliminating it or raising the threshold to $2,700.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2015

The Assembly bill would change the luxury decontrol limits to $300,000 in income and $3,000 in rent.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2011

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

If he could decontrol even half the disks on Vinin it would create enough confusion to cover his own escape.

From The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox

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

Inflation will surge as more prices are decontrolled this month and the cost of oil, coal and gas is allowed to rise in April.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unless prices are decontrolled and competition introduced into the market, says Ed Hewett, a Brookings Institution expert on Soviet economics, "it makes no sense at all."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dunlop, for instance, decontrolled such industries as autos, rubber and fertilizer in exchange for promises that executives would voluntarily hold down their prices and, in some cases, step up their output.

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

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

On the verge of decontrolling oil prices, Carter feels he must now reconsider for fear of adding to inflation.

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

He has spoken of decontrolling some gas prices and requiring "substantial sacrifices" from the American people to assure energy supplies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carter reminded the executives that was decontrolling domestic oil prices n phases, beginning last Friday, and expected that they would pump more crude Tom their U.S. wells in return.

From Time Magazine Archive

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