policies

[pol-uh-see]

pol·i·cy

1[pol-uh-see]
noun, plural pol·i·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; Middle English policie government, civil administration < Middle French < Latin polītīa polity


1. strategy, principle, rule. 4. acumen, astuteness, skill, art.


4. ingenuousness, naiveté.

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Policies is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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pol·i·cy

2[pol-uh-see]
noun, plural pol·i·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; < Middle French police (< Italian polizza < Medieval Latin apodīxa receipt ≪ Greek apódeixis a showing or setting forth; see apodictic, -sis) + -y3
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