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pol·i·cy1    Audio Help   [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]

1. strategy, principle, rule. 4. acumen, astuteness, skill, art.
4. ingenuousness, naiveté.
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pol·i·cy2    Audio Help   [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    Audio Help   (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    Audio Help   (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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policy  (1)
"way of management, government, administration," c.1386, from O.Fr. policie (14c.) "civil administration," from L. politia "the state," from Gk. politeia "state, administration, government, citizenship," from polites "citizen," from polis "city, state," from PIE *p(o)lH- "enclosed space, often on high ground" (cf. Skt. pur, puram "city, citadel," Lith. pilis "fortress"). Meaning "plan of action, way of management" first recorded c.1406.

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policy  (2)
"written insurance agreement," 1565, from M.Fr. police "contract, bill of lading" (1371), from It. polizza "written evidence of a transaction," from M.L. apodissa "receipt for money," from Gk. apodexis "proof, declaration," from apo- "off" + deiknynia "to show," cognate with L. dicere "to tell" (see diction).

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policy

noun
1. a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies" 
2. a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation" 
3. written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" 

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policy [ˈpoləsi] nounplural ˈpolicies
a planned or agreed course of action usually based on particular principles
Example: the government's policies on education
Arabic: سِياسَه
Chinese (Simplified): 政策
Chinese (Traditional): 政策
Czech: politika
Danish: politik
Dutch: beleid
Estonian: poliitika, käitumisjoon
Finnish: menettelytapa
French: politique
German: die Politik
Greek: πολιτική, πρόγραμμα
Hungarian: politika, (irány)elvek
Icelandic: stefna
Indonesian: kebijaksanaan
Japanese: 方針
Latvian: politika
Lithuanian: politika
Norwegian: politikk, taktikk
Polish: polityka
Portuguese (Brazil): política
Portuguese (Portugal): política
Romanian: politică
Russian: политика; линия поведения; курс
Slovak: politika
Slovenian: politika
Spanish: política
Swedish: politik, hållning, policy
Turkish: politika
policy [ˈpoləsi] nounplural ˈpolicies
a (written) agreement with an insurance company
Example: an insurance policy
Arabic: بوليصَة تأمبن
Chinese (Simplified): 保险单
Chinese (Traditional): 保險單
Czech: pojistka
Danish: police; -police
Dutch: polis
Estonian: poliis
Finnish: vakuutuskirja
French: police
German: die Police
Greek: ασφαλιστήριο συμβόλαιο
Hungarian: biztosítási kötvény
Icelandic: (vá)tryggingarsamningur
Indonesian: polis
Japanese: 保険証券
Latvian: polise
Lithuanian: polisas, draudimo liudijimas
Norwegian: (forsikrings)polise
Polish: polisa
Portuguese (Brazil): apólice
Portuguese (Portugal): apólice
Romanian: poliţă
Russian: страховой полис
Slovak: poistka
Slovenian: zavarovalna polica
Swedish: försäkringsbrev
Turkish: poliçe
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Main Entry: policy
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a contract of insurance; also : the written instrument of such a contract

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Main Entry: pol·i·cy
Pronunciation: 'pä-l&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: an overall plan, principle, or guideline; especially : one formulated outside of the judiciary <obligated to consider legislative policy on the matter in their decision>

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Policy

Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity, Polity.]

1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.

3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.

4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.

5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness.

Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.

Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.

Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.

Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.

Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.

Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police court.

Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.

Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
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Policy

Pol"i*cy\, n.; pl. Policies. [L. politia, Gr. ?; cf. F. police, Of. police. See Police, n.]

1. Civil polity. [Obs.]

2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.

3. The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

4. Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.

5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. --Fuller.

6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs.]

What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury? --Sir P. Sidney.

Syn: See Polity.
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Policy

Pol"i*cy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Policied; p. pr. & vb. n. Policying.] To regulate by laws; to reduce to order. [Obs.] "Policying of cities." --Bacon.
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