regulator.

1. A person or body that supervises an activity and enforces its rules.

2. A device that keeps a quantity such as pressure, voltage, or flow within a desired range.

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Words that belong together

• industry regulator
• financial regulator

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The industry regulator required a clearer account of the risks.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular regulator; plural regulators. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: common.