normative

Etymology

From French normatif.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
2. Conforming to a norm or norms.
   normative behaviour
3. Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
   normative grammar

noun

1. A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
   Most important are the so-called economic normatives. They either specify the minimal efficiency of productive resources utilization or regulate the distribution of the enterprises revenue. 1990, Czechoslovak Economic Papers, number 28, page 42