Policy

['pɒləsɪ] or ['pɑləsi]

Definition

(noun.) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; 'it was a policy of retribution'; 'a politician keeps changing his policies'.

(noun.) written contract or certificate of insurance; 'you should have read the small print on your policy'.

(noun.) a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; 'they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation'.

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Definition

(n.) Civil polity.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

(n.) Motive; object; inducement.

(v. t.) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

(n.) A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

(n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.

(n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Administration, management, government, rule, mode of management, course of action.[2]. Cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Plan, device, system, prudence, management, cunning,[See DEVICE]

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Definition

n. the art or manner of regulating or guiding conduct: the method and forms according to which the government and business of a country are carried on: a system of administration guided more by interest than by principle: dexterity of management: prudence: cunning: in Scotland (esp. in pl.) the pleasure-grounds around a mansion.

n. a warrant for money in the funds: a writing containing a contract of insurance: a kind of gambling by betting on the numbers to be drawn in a lottery.—n. Pol′icy-hold′er one who holds a policy or contract of insurance.

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