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REGULATORY AGENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does regulatory agency mean?
• REGULATORY AGENCY (noun)
The noun REGULATORY AGENCY has 1 sense:
1. a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
Familiarity information: REGULATORY AGENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
regulatory agency; regulatory authority
Hypernyms ("regulatory agency" is a kind of...):
administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)
Context examples
An application submitted to a regulatory agency according to the Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 314 and 601 in order to seek permission to market a new pharmaceutical, or biological agent, or antibiotic for human use.
(Application to Market New Drug, Biologic, or Antibiotic for Human Use, NCI Thesaurus)
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