The city's zoning ordinance restricts new commercial buildings to the downtown district to preserve residential neighborhoods.
该市的分区条例将新的商业建筑限制在市中心区域，以保护居民区。
Which choice best defines “ordinance”?
C — Law, rule, regulation. “ordinance” means law, rule, regulation.
Which word means “law, rule, regulation”?
D — ordinance. “ordinance” means law, rule, regulation.
ordinance — law, rule, regulation. In Chinese: 条例，法令.
ordinance is pronounced /ˈɔːrdɪnəns/.
The city's zoning ordinance restricts new commercial buildings to the downtown district to preserve residential neighborhoods. (该市的分区条例将新的商业建筑限制在市中心区域，以保护居民区。)
decree, statute, regulation — all close in meaning to ordinance (law, rule, regulation).
Yes. ordinance is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
order(command)+ance(noun).