rulemaking
/ɹˈulmˌeɪkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of creating rules, especially regulations (as opposed to statutes).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "a rulemaking body"
- "From the first day of deliberations in accordance with the process, called negotiated rulemaking the parties operated under this assumption: If this balanced group of stakeholders and the government could agree on a standard, then OSHA would publish it in the Federal Register as its proposed rule. […] Having conducted 15 negotiated rulemakings for five federal agencies, I expected OSHA to publish the rule in 2006."