Regulator
noun
A person or thing that controls or maintains a specific level of something.
The central bank is the regulator of the country's financial system.
Often appears as...
- bank regulator
- industry regulator
noun
A device that controls the level or flow of something, like a gas or liquid.
Make sure the regulator on the propane tank is working properly before you start the grill.
Often appears as...
- pressure regulator
- flow regulator
noun
A government official or agency responsible for making sure that companies in a particular industry are obeying the laws and regulations.
The regulator fined the company for not following environmental laws.
Often appears as...
- financial regulator
- environmental regulator
noun
A person or thing that controls or maintains a specific level of something.
The central bank is the regulator of the country's financial system.
Often appears as...
- bank regulator
- industry regulator
noun
A device that controls the level or flow of something, like a gas or liquid.
Make sure the regulator on the propane tank is working properly before you start the grill.
Often appears as...
- pressure regulator
- flow regulator
noun
A government official or agency responsible for making sure that companies in a particular industry are obeying the laws and regulations.
The regulator fined the company for not following environmental laws.
Often appears as...
- financial regulator
- environmental regulator
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Refers to entities with power to set and enforce rules.
The traffic regulator ensures cars follow the road rules.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Mechanism
Implies active management and adjustment actions.
As a regulator in a debate, he kept the discussion balanced.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Maintainer
Keeps various aspects in harmony and prevents extremes.
A regulator prevents stock market prices from being too volatile.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Refers to entities with power to set and enforce rules.
The traffic regulator ensures cars follow the road rules.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Mechanism
Implies active management and adjustment actions.
As a regulator in a debate, he kept the discussion balanced.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Maintainer
Keeps various aspects in harmony and prevents extremes.
A regulator prevents stock market prices from being too volatile.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Refers to entities with power to set and enforce rules.
The traffic regulator ensures cars follow the road rules.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Mechanism
Implies active management and adjustment actions.
As a regulator in a debate, he kept the discussion balanced.
Pro Tip 3/3Balance Maintainer
Keeps various aspects in harmony and prevents extremes.
A regulator prevents stock market prices from being too volatile.
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Alzheimer’s Is Not...
it's about you. We need you to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is a disease and that if we try, we can beat it. In the case of other diseases, patients and their families have led the charge for more research and put pressure on governments, the pharmaceutical industry, scientists and regulators.
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Experiments that hint of...
that encode proteins that protect the cells and the tissues and to repair damage and the way that they are switched on is by a gene regulator protein called Fox oh so when adapt to mutant you see that I have the X drawn here to the receptor the receptor isn't working as well under those conditions
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How to reduce the wealth...
rent payments, etc. -- to show that you're able to consistently make payments. The additional challenge on this one, unlike the last one, which was more about awareness, is that you need to have regulatory support to do these things. You need to prove to regulators
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What moral decisions...
of what trade-offs people are comfortable with and what matters to them -- even across cultures. But more importantly, doing this exercise is helping people recognize the difficulty of making those choices and that the regulators are tasked with impossible choices.
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Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
but once that happened, that's exactly what I did. I had decided to write a letter, and a complaint letter, to regulators, illustrating all the deficiencies and the problems that I had seen in the laboratory. And as endearingly as my dad kind of notes this
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The quest for the...
have it all worked out so that the regulators know that you can really make this, and that it's pure, it doesn't have any problems with it. And during that period, and that's what we did in Ebola, we were able to use those vaccines to help in outbreaks
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Under Sea Ice in...
Down here, ropes signals are the only way to call for help. But as the body's core temperature decreases, one of the first handicaps is loss of dexterity. And at these temperatures, regulators can quickly malfunction and drain the diver's air supply.
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The future of...
policy makers and regulators who embrace the strategic importance of unlicensed and dynamic spectrum and lower the barriers to access innovation healthy markets have always had room for 20 smart hungry pioneers to grow unlicensed
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How to rob a bank (from...
And we happened to be the regional regulators for it. And our examiners said, they are making loans without even checking what the borrower's income is. This is insane, it has to lead to massive losses,
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The Tragedy Of...
the main driver of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions forests are one of our ways out they are like the lungs of the planet they are big climate regulators at a
Video examples
Alzheimer’s Is Not...
it's about you. We need you to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is a disease and that if we try, we can beat it. In the case of other diseases, patients and their families have led the charge for more research and put pressure on governments, the pharmaceutical industry, scientists and regulators.
Video examples
Experiments that hint of...
that encode proteins that protect the cells and the tissues and to repair damage and the way that they are switched on is by a gene regulator protein called Fox oh so when adapt to mutant you see that I have the X drawn here to the receptor the receptor isn't working as well under those conditions
Video examples
How to reduce the wealth...
rent payments, etc. -- to show that you're able to consistently make payments. The additional challenge on this one, unlike the last one, which was more about awareness, is that you need to have regulatory support to do these things. You need to prove to regulators
Video examples
What moral decisions...
of what trade-offs people are comfortable with and what matters to them -- even across cultures. But more importantly, doing this exercise is helping people recognize the difficulty of making those choices and that the regulators are tasked with impossible choices.
Video examples
Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
but once that happened, that's exactly what I did. I had decided to write a letter, and a complaint letter, to regulators, illustrating all the deficiencies and the problems that I had seen in the laboratory. And as endearingly as my dad kind of notes this
Video examples
The quest for the...
have it all worked out so that the regulators know that you can really make this, and that it's pure, it doesn't have any problems with it. And during that period, and that's what we did in Ebola, we were able to use those vaccines to help in outbreaks
Video examples
Under Sea Ice in...
Down here, ropes signals are the only way to call for help. But as the body's core temperature decreases, one of the first handicaps is loss of dexterity. And at these temperatures, regulators can quickly malfunction and drain the diver's air supply.
Video examples
The future of...
policy makers and regulators who embrace the strategic importance of unlicensed and dynamic spectrum and lower the barriers to access innovation healthy markets have always had room for 20 smart hungry pioneers to grow unlicensed
Video examples
How to rob a bank (from...
And we happened to be the regional regulators for it. And our examiners said, they are making loans without even checking what the borrower's income is. This is insane, it has to lead to massive losses,
Video examples
The Tragedy Of...
the main driver of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions forests are one of our ways out they are like the lungs of the planet they are big climate regulators at a
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
We have no choice: we must protect Arctic ice, enable it to continue to act as an essential temperature regulator for the planet, avoid the catastrophic rise in sea levels that would result from the ice melt, and stop the disappearance of permafrost releasing irreversible quantities of greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere.
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Mary Jo White
American Public Servant
I think what I brought from the private sector was a real appreciation of how much leverage - respect, if you will - that the SEC has. Major companies, in particular, really don't want to be at war with their primary regulator. The SEC may not have appreciated just how great our leverage is.
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Carol Loomis
American Journalist
Every regulatory speech on derivatives takes a bow to their hedging 'benefits.' Less publicly, regulators pay their respects to derivative profits, a blessed relief from the banks' troubled loans to less-developed countries, highly leveraged companies, and real estate swingers.
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Chris Gabrieli
American Businessman
I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach - those who enforce the laws and who actually want to help you comply - and there are others who have a prosecutorial attitude.
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James Lankford
American Politician
Most businesses believe regulators intend to fine them rather than help them protect their workers. Serious violations should bring real consequences, but minor violations should only incur warnings that encourage compliance.
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Vince Cable
British Politician
Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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James P. Gorman
American Businessman
The basic architecture of Dodd-Frank makes sense. At the same time, as a number of regulators and legislators have observed, the act was a complex effort that produced thousands of pages of rules.
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Blythe Masters
American Businesswoman
You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.
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Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
It's very important to have the comfort of the regulator in every geography where you operate.
Quote examples
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
We have no choice: we must protect Arctic ice, enable it to continue to act as an essential temperature regulator for the planet, avoid the catastrophic rise in sea levels that would result from the ice melt, and stop the disappearance of permafrost releasing irreversible quantities of greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere.
Quote examples
Mary Jo White
American Public Servant
I think what I brought from the private sector was a real appreciation of how much leverage - respect, if you will - that the SEC has. Major companies, in particular, really don't want to be at war with their primary regulator. The SEC may not have appreciated just how great our leverage is.
Quote examples
Carol Loomis
American Journalist
Every regulatory speech on derivatives takes a bow to their hedging 'benefits.' Less publicly, regulators pay their respects to derivative profits, a blessed relief from the banks' troubled loans to less-developed countries, highly leveraged companies, and real estate swingers.
Quote examples
Chris Gabrieli
American Businessman
I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach - those who enforce the laws and who actually want to help you comply - and there are others who have a prosecutorial attitude.
Quote examples
James Lankford
American Politician
Most businesses believe regulators intend to fine them rather than help them protect their workers. Serious violations should bring real consequences, but minor violations should only incur warnings that encourage compliance.
Quote examples
Vince Cable
British Politician
Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
Quote examples
James P. Gorman
American Businessman
The basic architecture of Dodd-Frank makes sense. At the same time, as a number of regulators and legislators have observed, the act was a complex effort that produced thousands of pages of rules.
Quote examples
Blythe Masters
American Businesswoman
You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.
Quote examples
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
It's very important to have the comfort of the regulator in every geography where you operate.
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