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.

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noun

1. the removal of control.

decontrol British  

/ ˌdiːkənˈtrəʊl /

verb

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

   to decontrol prices

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Etymology

Origin of decontrol

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + control

Example Sentences

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decontrol decontrolled decontrolling

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

Under existing law, a landlord must ask tenants for their incomes and go through a petition process if they want to invoke luxury decontrol.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 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

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

The legislation decontrolled prices at the same time, which sparked the fare wars that have saved consumers some $6 billion annually.

From Time Magazine Archive

His best-known patient is Poland, which two years ago adopted the so-called Sachs Plan, which decontrolled the economy overnight after nearly half a century of communism.

From Time Magazine Archive

For market incentives to work, prices will have to be decontrolled -- a frightening prospect given the pent-up inflationary pressures.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have not only decontrolled your friend's disk," the Chief explained blandly, "but I have doubled his receptability to sound.

From The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox

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

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

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

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