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Variant of deregulate

deregulate Definition

☆ de·regu·late (dē reg′yə lāt′)

transitive verb deregulated -·lat′ed, deregulating -·lat′·ing

to remove regulations governing to deregulate the price of natural gas

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deregulation Finance Definition
The process of reducing the number of laws and rules that apply to an industry in order to allow more innovation and less constraints on companies. Two well-known examples in the United States are the deregulation of the stock brokerage industry in 1975, when brokers were allowed to set their own commission rates, and the deregulation of the telecom industry in 1996.

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