Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to regulate; regulative.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to regulation.

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  • adjective restricting according to rules or principles

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Examples

  • "Of the roughly 30 fund managers at a conference I attended recently, more than 90% were not aware of the term 'regulatory AUM'," said Mr. de Montille.

    SEC Registration Plan May Apply to Midsize Hedge Funds Amy Or 2011

  • Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, proposes what he calls a regulatory "pay as you go" system.

    Republicans And Democrats Both Offer Promising Ideas For Economy Nick Schulz 2011

  • So what this really means is that what's going on, on Capitol Hill, what we call regulatory reform ...

    CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2009 2009

  • As a result, what I call the regulatory chess game is stacked against the regulators.

    Can Risk Buckets Work?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • She promoted ideas for taming what she called a "regulatory behemoth," including requiring agencies to consider the costs and benefits of any new regulation before it is imposed.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • She promoted ideas for taming what she called a "regulatory behemoth," including requiring agencies to consider the costs and benefits of any new regulation before it is imposed.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2011

  • Internationally, you got solvency too out there and what they call regulatory modernization in the United States.

    unknown title 2011

  • She promoted ideas for taming what she called a "regulatory behemoth," including requiring agencies to consider the costs and benefits of any new regulation before it is imposed.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • She promoted ideas for taming what she called a "regulatory behemoth," including requiring agencies to consider the costs and benefits of any new regulation before it is imposed.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • She promoted ideas for taming what she called a "regulatory behemoth," including requiring agencies to consider the costs and benefits of any new regulation before it is imposed.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2011

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