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Definitions for Policy

[1] a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
[2] a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy.
[3] action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency: It was good policy to consent.
[4] sagacity; shrewdness: Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.
[5] Rare . government; polity.
[6] a document embodying a contract of insurance.
[7] a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
[8] numbers pool(def 2) .
[9] a plan of action adopted or pursued by an individual, government, party, business, etc
[10] wisdom, prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity
[11] Scot (often plural) the improved grounds surrounding a country house
[12] a document containing a contract of insurance

Words related to Policy

code, management, protocol, theory, arrangement, scheme, practice, administration, rule, guideline, program, plan, behavior, action, strategy, approach, method, stratagem, polity, custom

Words nearby Policy

policeman's helmet, policeperson, policewoman, policier, policlinic, policy, policy loan, policy science, policyholder, policymaker, policyowner

Origin of Policy

21555–65; < Middle French police (< Italian polizza < Medieval Latin apodīxa receipt ≪ Greek apódeixis a showing or setting forth; see apodictic, -sis) + -y3

Words that may be confused with Policy

policy, polity

Word origin for Policy

C16: from Old French police certificate, from Old Italian polizza, from Latin apodixis proof, from Greek apodeixis demonstration, proof

Synonyms for Policy

action, administration, approach, arrangement, behavior, code, guideline, management, method, plan, practice, program, protocol, rule, scheme, strategy, theory, channels, course, custom, design, line, order, organization, polity, stratagem, tenet, red tape, the book, the numbers