Policy

Noun

 * 1) A plan or course of action, especially one of an organization or government
 * 2) * The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers
 * 3) A course of action thought to be prudent or tactically advantageous; hence prudence or sagacity
 * 4) * Honesty is the best policy
 * 5) * Some policy players frequented policy shops
 * 6) A statement of commitment to a broad requirement, often used in an organisation to instruct personnel as to a required outcome (note: whereas "Procedures" describe how a policy is implemented).
 * 7) Shrewdness or artfulness
 * 8) * 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 140
 * These bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I with greater policy concealed my struggles, and flattered you...

Derived terms

 * policymaker
 * policy shift
 * endowment policy
 * fiscal policy
 * honesty is the best policy
 * monetary policy
 * policy mix
 * to implement a policy

Noun

 * 1) A contract of insurance
 * 2) * Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.
 * 3)  An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
 * 4) A number pool lottery

Synonyms

 * (number pool) policy racket

Derived terms

 * policyholder

Adjectives for Policy
obvious; parsimonious; aggressive; tyrannous; questionable; conservative; enlightened; peace; paltry; time-honored; ecclesiastical; dilatory; prudent; insidious; comprehensive; inconsistent; foreign; cherished; let-alone; well-defined; vacillating; broad; immediate; reasonable; ruinous; cruel; attractive; shameful; honorable; intricate; liberal; magnanimous; intriguing; devious; public; vicious; dissimulating; beneficent straightforward; emancipation; subsequent hostile; medium; prevailing; handsome odious; maritime; ostensible; shortsighted Fabian; relentless; habitual; abhorrent; all-important; oppressive; unsound; studied sound; earnest; logical; determined; rigid dominant; alternate; consistent; strategic uniform; alterant; unwavering; reaction ary; evasive; effective; crafty; exclusive kindred; taxing; fiscal; unadulterated; national; increasing; effective; committal; economic; constant.

Verbs for Policy
abandon—; adhere to—; adjust—; adopt—; advance—; alter—; amend—; chart—; cling to—; defend—; define—; denounce—; dic¬tate—; dominate—; draft—; effectuate—; embark on—; endorse—; enforce—; excoriate—; execute—; expound—; fashion—; forge—; formulate—; frame—; frown upon —; inaugurate—; initiate—; institute—; justify—; modify—;  orient—;  overhaul —ies; propound—; pursue—; reflect—; resolve—; reverse—; shape—; sponsor—-; — embitters; —hinges on; —prevails; —wobbles.

Thesaurus
accident insurance, action, actuary, annuity, approach, arrangement, assurance, autarky, aviation insurance, bail bond, behavior, bimetallism, bingo, bond, business life insurance, card games, casualty insurance, certificate of insurance, chuck and toss, chuck farthing, chuck-a-luck, circumspection, circumspectness, conduct, consideration, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, cool judgment, course, court bond, covenant of indemnity, crack-loo, crap game, crap shooting, craps, credit insurance, credit life insurance, creed, custom, debenture, debenture bond, deductible, deed, deed of trust, deed poll, design, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, economic self-sufficiency, endowment insurance, family maintenance policy, fan-tan, fidelity bond, fidelity insurance, flood insurance, formal contract, fraternal insurance, free enterprise, free trade, game plan, good judgment, government insurance, governmentalism, group policy, guiding principles, hazard, health insurance, horse racing, implied contract, indent, indenture, industrial life insurance, insurance, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company, insurance man, insurance policy, interinsurance, judgment, judiciousness, keno, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, liability insurance, license bond, limited payment insurance, line, localism, lotto, major medical insurance, malpractice insurance, managed currency, management, marine insurance, method, mortgage deed, mutual company, noninterference, nonintervention, nullification, ocean marine insurance, parol contract, party line, party principle, permit bond, pinball, pitch and toss, plan of action, planned economy, platform, polity, position, position paper, practice, price supports, principles, procedure, program, promissory note, protection, protectionism, protocol, providence, prudence, prudentialism, public policy, pump-priming, recognizance, reflection, reflectiveness, regulation, robbery insurance, rouge et noir, roulette, rule, scheme, sectionalism, shell game, social security, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, stock company, strategy, sweepstake, sweepstakes, system, tactics, term insurance, the numbers, the numbers game, theft insurance, thoughtfulness, title deed, trente-et-quarante, underwriter, way, ways and means, weighing

Etymology 1
From policie: <  politia: <  πολιτεία:

Etymology 2
From police: <  polizza: <  apodissa: <  ἀπόδειξις:

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Noun

 * Arabic: (sánad ta’mīn)
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 * Dutch:, verzekeringscontract
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 * Japanese: 契約内容, 規約
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 * : beleid
 * : (siyāsa)
 * : politique
 * : Politik
 * : politica, prassi