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pol·i·cy1       [pol-uh-see] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -cies.
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.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME policie government, civil administration < MF < L polītīa polity]

—Synonyms 1. strategy, principle, rule. 4. acumen, astuteness, skill, art.
—Antonyms 4. ingenuousness, naiveté.
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pol·i·cy2       [pol-uh-see] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -cies.
1.a document embodying a contract of insurance.
2.a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
3.numbers pool (def. 2).
[Origin: 1555–65; < MF police (< It polizza < ML apodīxa receipt ≪ Gk apódeixis a showing or setting forth; see apodictic, -sis) + -y3]
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pol·i·cy 1       (pŏl'ĭ-sē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pol·i·cies
  1. A plan or course of action, as of a government, political party, or business, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters: American foreign policy; the company's personnel policy.
    1. A course of action, guiding principle, or procedure considered expedient, prudent, or advantageous: Honesty is the best policy.
    2. Prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity in practical matters.


[Middle English policie, art of government, civil organization, from Old French; see police.]

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pol·i·cy 2       (pŏl'ĭ-sē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pol·i·cies
  1. A written contract or certificate of insurance.
  2. A numbers game.


[Obsolete police, from French, contract, bill of lading, from Old French, from Old Italian polizza, alteration of Medieval Latin apodixa, receipt, from Medieval Greek apodeixis, from Greek, proof, from apodeiknunai, to prove : apo-, intensive pref.; see apo- + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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