the activity of managing or exerting control over something

shape or influence; give direction to

an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries

efforts to regulate or control sales of guns

a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation

the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)