regulable

[ reg-yuh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that can be regulated; controllable.

regulable

/ ˈrɛɡjʊləbəl /

adjective

1. able to be regulated

Other Words From

• un·regu·la·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of regulable¹

First recorded in 1650–60; regul(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

Thus, on that reading, not only would corporate expenditures be regulable, but existing law, now unenforced, regulating contributions to independent political expenditures committees—now called “super PACs”—would also be constitutional.

From Slate

But "spending money in other contexts — or choosing not to spend money, or choosing not to give a discount in an economic transaction — is completely regulable by the government, broadly," Volokh said.

From Los Angeles Times

Nor is this to be understood as at all derogating from God's perfection; to make natural justice and right independent of his will is merely to set his Wisdom, which is a rule or measure, above his Will, which is something indeterminate, but essentially regulable and measureable; and if it be the case that above even his wisdom, and determining it in turn, stands his Infinite Goodness, the greatest perfection of his will must lie in its being thus twice determined.

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