Definition of "deregulates" [deregulates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate. (verb)

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• "Rome may finally have arrived at a turning point, and not a moment too soon: the point where it finally deregulates business and starts regulating its politics."
• "AEP, based in Columbus, Ohio, predicted that its Ohio operations would cost it roughly 32 cents a share this year on charges associated with customers switching to other utilities and with AEP's requirement to serve as Ohio's utility "of last resort" as that state deregulates its electricity market."
• "The truckers are striking over a government decree last month that deregulates the industry by eliminating a "table of shipping costs" that set minimum freight rates for truckers."