deregulatede‧reg‧u‧late /ˌdiːˈreɡjəleɪt/ verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
The decision to deregulate the banks was criticised. industries that have been deregulatedGRAMMAR Deregulate is often used in the passive.—deregulation /diːˌreɡjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
Verb TableVERB TABLE
deregulate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | deregulate |
| he, she, it | deregulates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deregulated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deregulated |
| he, she, it | has deregulated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deregulated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deregulate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deregulated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am deregulating |
| he, she, it | is deregulating | |
| you, we, they | are deregulating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was deregulating |
| you, we, they | were deregulating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deregulating |
| he, she, it | has been deregulating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deregulating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deregulating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deregulating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- The U.S. airline industry has been deregulated since 1978.
- A bill pending in Congress would deregulate electricity sales nationwide.
- California did not deregulate its electricity system-the government changed the regulations, and botched the job.
- The government set off a consumer spending boom last year by deregulating shop hours.
- The long slow process of deregulating the financial sector in fundamental ways is also coming unstuck.
- The pressure to deregulate came therefore not only from outside but from inside the Stock Exchange.
- The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector.
- The real payoff comes when governments deregulate these systems, because they create the basic incentives that drive employees.
WORD SETS► Economics
to remove government rules and controls from some types of business activity: absolute advantage, active population, additionality, nounadjustable peg, nounannual earnings, anti-dumping, adjectiveanti-inflation, adjectiveausterity, nounbad debt, nounbalance of payments, nounbalance of trade, nounbalance sheet, nounbank money, bank rate, nounbankrupt, adjectivebankrupt, verbbankrupt, nounbarrier to trade, nounbilateralism, nounblack market, nounboom, nounbroad money, brown goods, nounbudget, nounCACM, capital accumulation, nouncapital formation, nouncapitalism, nouncapitalist, adjectivecapital surplus, cartel, nouncentral government borrowing requirement, CGBR, Chicago School, nounclosed economy, nouncommerce clause, commodity, nouncommodity product, comparative advantage, consumer, nounconsumer confidence, nounconsumer durables, nounconsumer goods, nounconsumer price index, nounconsumer surplus, consumption, nounconsumption function, nounCost of Production Theory of Value, nouncreditor turnover rate, nouncredit rationing, noundebt ratio, deflate, verbdemand, noundemand and supply, noundemand price, demonstration effect, deregulate, verbdeveloped, adjectivedirigisme, noundiscretionary spending, dishoarding, noundisinflation, noundisposable income, noundis-saving, noundisutility, noundiversify, verbdivision of labour, noundole queue, dollars-and-cents, adjectivedowntick, noundownturn, noundrawdown, nouneconomic, adjectiveeconomic goods, economic paradigm, economist, nouneconomy, nounefficient market, elasticity of demand, nounelasticity of substitution, nounembargo, verbemployment theory, euro-zone, exchange, nounExchange equalization account, exchange rate mechanism, nounexpectations, nounexpenditure, nounexternal account, external competitiveness, externality, nounfactor cost, factor of production, nounFederal funds, fiscal, adjectivefloor, nounflow of funds, nounforced saving, for-profit, adjectivefree enterprise, nounfree marketeer, nounfree movement, nounfree trade, nounGDP, nounGNP, nounGoldilocks economy, goods, noungoods and services, noungross domestic product, noungross national product, noungross product, nounguaranteed price, hyperinflation, nounIMF, the, IMF quota, imperfect competition, imperfect market, import, nounimport, verbimportation, nounimporter, nounincome effect, industrial output index, Industrial Sentiment index, inelastic, adjectiveinflate, verbinflation, nouninflationary, adjectiveintermediate goods, International Monetary Fund, nouninvestment goods, J-curve, nounknowledge economy, labour-intensive, adjectivelabour market, nounLaffer curve, nounlaissez-faire, nounliving standard, nounMaastricht Treaty, nounmacroeconomics, nounmarginal revenue, market-driven, adjectivemarket economy, nounmarket failure, market forces, nounmarket-led, adjectivemarket-oriented, adjectivemarket value, nounmixed economy, nounmonetarism, nounmonetary, adjectivemoney income, monopsony, nounmultilateralism, nounNAIRU, nounnational debt, nounnational income, nationalize, verbnational wealth, neocolonialism, nounnet output, NIC, nounnominal price, non-durable goods, open-market, adjectiveoutflow, nounoverheated, adjectivepass-along, nounpass-through, nounpeg, verbper-capita income, perfect competition, perfect market, personal saving, political economy, nounpost-industrial, adjectivePPI, price control, nounprice effect, price fixing, nounprice-fixing, nounprice index, nounprice-insensitive, adjectiveprice-sensitive, adjectiveprice support, nounprice theory, primary production, private enterprise, nounprivately-owned, adjectiveprivatization, nounprivatize, verbproducer price index, production control, protect, verbprotectionism, nounprotective, adjectivepublic enterprise, public ownership, nounpublic sector borrowing requirement, public service, nounPurchasing Managers' index, real, adjectivereal income, recession, nounreflation, nounrefund, nounRetail Price Index, scarcity value, nounshakeout, nounSingle European Market, slump, nounsocial accounting, socioeconomic, adjectivesqueeze, verbsqueeze, nounstagflation, nounstandard of living, nounstandard spending assessment, staple, nounstringent, adjectivesubsidy, nounsubstitution effect, surplus, nounsystematic risk, trade deficit, nountrade dispute, trade gap, nountrade surplus, nountrade-weighted index, trickle-down effect, nountrough, nountrust, noununder-investment, noununit of account, noununsystematic risk, uptick, nounvoodoo economics, noun
The decision to deregulate the banks was criticised. industries that have been deregulatedGRAMMAR Deregulate is often used in the passive.—deregulation /diːˌreɡjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]