deregulation
dee reg yuh lay shuhn
- n the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
- The reason the card industry is free to raise prices on existing customers at any time and for any reason is tied to deregulation, which began in banking in the 1970s and .
- The entire mess flows not only from a deregulation plan that did not live up to the word deregulation but also from California's failure to complete a single large power plant over .
- Maybe, it suddenly seemed to many shocked onlookers, electricity deregulation wasn't such a great idea after all.