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deregulate
[
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-y
uh
-leyt
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Origin
de·reg·u·late
/
diˈrɛg
yəˌleɪt
/
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verb,
de·reg·u·lat·ed,
de·reg·u·lat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove government regulatory controls from (an industry, a
commodity
, etc.):
to deregulate the trucking industry; to deregulate oil prices.
verb (used without object)
2.
to undergo deregulation:
Some banks have already started to deregulate.
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Origin:
1960–65,
Americanism
;
de-
+
regulate
Related forms
de·reg·u·la·tion,
noun
de·reg·u·la·tor,
noun
de·reg·u·la·to·ry
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ləˌtɔr
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[
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,
adjective
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deregulate
(diːˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to remove regulations or controls from
deregu'lation
—
n
de'regulator
—
n
de'regulatory
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
deregulate
1964, back formation from
deregulation
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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