deregulate
[dee-reg-yuh-leyt]
- to remove government regulatory controls from (an industry, a commodity, etc.): to deregulate the trucking industry; to deregulate oil prices.
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- to undergo deregulation: Some banks have already started to deregulate.
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Origin of deregulate
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Contemporary Examples of deregulate
This former Goldman Sachs partner has frustrated many progressives by working hard to deregulate Wall Street.
Their Reaganite Republican adversaries, by contrast, want to deregulate it radically.
One, deregulate everything so that banks can start placing bets agaist their own securities.
The former press secretary criticized GOP plans to increase tax cuts for the wealthy and deregulate banks and Wall Street.
Should we fix the ratings agencies by regulating them more stringently, or do we need to deregulate and increase competition?
deregulate
- (tr) to remove regulations or controls from
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Word Origin and History for deregulate
1963, back-formation from deregulation. Related: Deregulated; deregulating.
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