Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
remove theregulations from.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb lift the regulations on
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deregulate.
Examples
-
"They said investors will not come in until you deregulate, that is too simplistic, pedestrian, in other words, you are not in government, you are not a leader, if you are a leader, you cannot say the oil industry will fall into the hands of some cabal," he said.
unknown title 2009
-
Second of all, deregulate -- in other words, get government snoopers out of the picture, which only lets the swindlers hide their losses for a while, until the truth becomes too plain and we the taxpayers foot the bill.
-
They decided to "deregulate" Genetically Engineered "GE" alfalfa, meaning to allow its unrestricted use with no controls.
Gary Hirshberg: Speaking With One Voice to Stop Monsanto and Biotech Gary Hirshberg 2011
-
They decided to "deregulate" Genetically Engineered "GE" alfalfa, meaning to allow its unrestricted use with no controls.
Gary Hirshberg: Speaking With One Voice to Stop Monsanto and Biotech Gary Hirshberg 2011
-
They decided to "deregulate" Genetically Engineered "GE" alfalfa, meaning to allow its unrestricted use with no controls.
Gary Hirshberg: Speaking With One Voice to Stop Monsanto and Biotech Gary Hirshberg 2011
-
They decided to "deregulate" Genetically Engineered "GE" alfalfa, meaning to allow its unrestricted use with no controls.
Gary Hirshberg: Speaking With One Voice to Stop Monsanto and Biotech Gary Hirshberg 2011
-
They decided to "deregulate" Genetically Engineered "GE" alfalfa, meaning to allow its unrestricted use with no controls.
Gary Hirshberg: Speaking With One Voice to Stop Monsanto and Biotech Gary Hirshberg 2011
-
And then the Big Wall Street Banks, and their conservative and Republican enablers -- convinced Congress to "deregulate" Wall Street and repeal the Glass-Steagall Act in the 1990's and the results are there for everyone to see.
-
Another Presidential aspirant is directed to "deregulate" as Rove reveals Republicans do or do not.
-
The government did not so much "deregulate" the market, because broadcasters depend on tight state supervision to protect their exclusive domains in the airwaves.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.