Definitions

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  • transitive verb To stop control of, especially by the government.

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  • verb to remove controls
  • noun the removal of controls

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  • verb relax or remove controls of

Etymologies

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de- +‎ control

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Examples

  • While I remain to be convinced that decontrol is the preferred option, it is one that should be discussed and debated.

    Critical Issues with Respect to Energy Policy 1983

  • He also sought to "decontrol" energy prices in order to stimulate production … "Up to that time, we'd never had inflation and higher unemployment," Ratkus explained.

    Gerald Ford’s WIN Strategy 2006

  • He also sought to "decontrol" energy prices in order to stimulate production … "Up to that time, we'd never had inflation and higher unemployment," Ratkus explained.

    In Defense of Corporate Taxes 2006

  • Finally, we deregulated the price of domestic oil and began the decontrol of natural gas—steps that were painful for Democrats, but that probably did more to change the national energy equation than anything else we did.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Finally, we deregulated the price of domestic oil and began the decontrol of natural gas—steps that were painful for Democrats, but that probably did more to change the national energy equation than anything else we did.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Finally, we deregulated the price of domestic oil and began the decontrol of natural gas—steps that were painful for Democrats, but that probably did more to change the national energy equation than anything else we did.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • But a 2010 proposal that would preserve regulation and raise the cap fell flat after many legislators and tenant advocates pushed for doing away with any ability by landlords to decontrol regulated units.

    $2,000 Rent-Deregulation Limit Up in the Air Eliot Brown 2011

  • Yet according to TheWall Street Journal, when Stuyvesant Town was sold, lenders were projecting that the Tishman Speyer – BlackRock partnership would be able to triple its net income in five years through building upgrades and decontrol.

    Capitalist Fools 2010

  • I agree completely Arnold that “Reagan's greatest economic policy was the decontrol of oil prices.”

    Ronald Reagan's Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The real-estate industry cares deeply about the so-called vacancy decontrol provision with the $2,000 limit, given that a deregulated apartment can bring in thousands in additional revenue each year, particularly in Manhattan.

    $2,000 Rent-Deregulation Limit Up in the Air Eliot Brown 2011

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