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policy1 definition

pol·icy (päl′ə sē)

noun pl. policies -·cies

    1. Obsolete government or polity
    2. Now Rare political wisdom or cunning
  2. wise, expedient, or prudent conduct or management
  3. a principle, plan, or course of action, as pursued by a government, organization, individual, etc. foreign policy

Etymology: ME policie < OFr < L politia < Gr politeia: see police

policy2 definition

pol·icy (päl′ə sē)

noun pl. policies -·cies

  1. a written contract in which one party guarantees to insure another against a specified loss, damage, injury, etc. in consideration of payments, usually periodic, called premiums
    in full insurance policy
  2. ☆
    1. an illegal lottery in which winning numbers are drawn from a revolving drum
    2. the numbers (see phrase at number)

Etymology: altered (infl. by policy) < MFr police < It polizza < ML apodixa < MGr apodeixis < Gr, proof < apodeiknynai, to display, make known: see apo- & diction

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policy Synonyms

policy

n.

course, procedure, method, system, strategy, tactics, administration, management, theory, tenet, doctrine, behavior, scheme, design, arrangement, organization, plan, order.


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policy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • implement: The MMC UK Strategy Group is responsible for overseeing implementing Government policy on MMC across the UK.

Adjective modifier

  • foreign: Simultaneously, we see an increase in public awareness of US foreign policy, or, the policing of global capital.

Modifies a noun

  • maker: We are also independent and impartial, so policy makers listen to us.

Noun used with modifier

  • privacy: Privacy Policy Why do we have a privacy policy?
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policy quotes

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. And sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right timeöor never.

-Baker,James Addison, III

He has all the qualities that go to the making of a leader of the Conservative Party. He is not stupid, but he is very dull. He is not eloquent, but he talks well. He is not honest, politically, but he is most evangelical.He has a Beckett little money, but not much. He always conforms to the party policy.

-Baron

Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed†the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most.

-Blinder, Alan

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