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regulatory

reg·u·la·tor·y

regulatory

 
 
pronunciation:
re gy l tor i
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition: pertaining to or having the purpose of making or enforcing regulations.
A regulatory agency controls the fishing industry.
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(adj.)regulatory + adverb addition
(adj.)regulatory + noun action, affair, agency, alternative, analysis, apparatus, approach, approval, authority, barrier, body, burden, bureaucracy, change, climate, commission, competition, compliance, constraint, control, cost, delay, emission, enforcement, entity, environment, exemption, filing, flexibility, framework, function, gene, guideline, hurdle, impact, incentive, intervention, jurisdiction, legislation, limit, mandate, measure, mechanism, monitoring, negotiation, obligation, obstacle, oversight, personnel, policy, pollution, procedure, process, protein, provision, reform, regime, relief, requirement, restriction, review, safety, scheme, scrutiny, sequence, standard, statute, structure, system, taking, tiering, uncertainty, violation [See all][See only the most frequent]