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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

In a narrowly divided vote around 10 p.m., it passed its own proposal that provided an eight-year extension but left vacancy decontrol intact.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 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

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 Cox, Irving E.

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

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

He was pleased with the decontrolled price situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Earlier this month Sarney finally decontrolled all prices except those of 61 staples, including milk, bread and rice.

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

By decontrolling routes, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 enabled dozens of new airlines to enter the business.

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The EPA fears that decontrolling prices will merely widen the gap between the cost of leaded and unleaded gas and encourage more drivers to skirt the law that requires unleaded in new cars.

From Time Magazine Archive

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