regulatory agency
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtɔri ˈeɪdʒənsi/
- Formal
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agencia reguladora
- The Environmental Protection Agency is a key regulatory agency that ensures clean air and water standards are met.
- environmental regulatory agency
- federal regulatory agency
- state regulatory agency
OK, you might ask who would work in a Regulatory agency, and we'll talk about that briefly, But is that process reasonably straightforward?
- OK, you might ask who would work in a Regulatory agency, and we'll talk about that briefly, But is that process reasonably straightforward?
Examples
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In the United States, industry is also changing its ways of relating to regulatory agencies and requirements.
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And significant changes appear unlikely now that other regulatory agencies have proposed similar rules.
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So I think every Regulatory agency in the world is struggling with this and it is a big issue.
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Well, you know the SEC is a civil regulatory agency.
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Finally, any regulatory agency needs the resources and trained staff to carry out its mission.
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Once, Cohen had a client who was required to turn over certain documents to a regulatory agency.
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I think one of the real challenges when you're talking about federal regulatory agencies is that you have to serve the public at large.
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Which violations are not being corrected as ordered by the regulatory agency?
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The RFA was intended to alter the way federal regulatory agencies treat small businesses.
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Companies would cultivate largely cooperative relationships with regulatory agencies while keeping overregulation at bay.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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4.3
The power to act officially for another person or organization
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4.6
An official or organization that makes sure companies follow rules
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3.1
An official part of the government that provides a public service
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5.3
An official group that makes rules and makes sure businesses follow them to protect people
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7.2
An official group that checks places like schools or factories to see if they follow rules
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'regulatory' (functioning to control or govern) with 'agency' (an organization acting on behalf), so a learner who knows both words will infer an organization that enforces rules. This ADJ+NOUN compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase regulatory agency comes from the words regulatory ('making rules') and agency ('a group that acts'). Imagine a team whose job is to set rules and watch others to keep people safe, so it means a government body that enforces standards.