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[ pol -uh -see ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɒl ə si / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural pol·i·cies. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy.
action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency: It was good policy to consent.
sagacity; shrewdness: Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.
Rare . government; polity.
Origin of policy 1 1350–1400; Middle English policie government, civil administration <Middle French <Latin polītīa polity
SYNONYMS FOR policy 1 strategy, principle, rule.
4 acumen, astuteness, skill, art.
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ANTONYMS FOR policy 4 ingenuousness, naiveté.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH policy policy , polityWords nearby policy police village, police wagon, policewoman, policier, policlinic, policy , policyholder, policy loan, policymaker, policyowner, policy science
Definition for policy (2 of 2) [ pol -uh -see ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɒl ə si / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun, plural pol·i·cies. a document embodying a contract of insurance.
a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
numbers pool (def. 2).
Origin of policy 2 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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Example sentences from the Web for policy That policy has since been removed from the handbook, she said.
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Recently, 790 groups linked to QAnon were removed under this policy , Facebook said.
Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies | Sarah Perez| September 17, 2020| TechCrunch
That requires both thinking about the policies that guide their behavior and the mechanisms for accountability when they violate those policies.
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Launching a National Energy Innovation Mission represents a climate policy that is both highly ambitious and politically achievable.
To confront the climate crisis, the US should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission | Amy Nordrum| September 15, 2020| MIT Technology Review
Some policy makers have turned to social and behavioral scientists for guidance, which is encouraging because this doesn’t always happen.
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard | Neil Lewis Jr. (nlewisjr@cornell.edu)| September 14, 2020| FiveThirtyEight
That strategy has been used in some cases to help determine GMO policy .
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers | Michael Schulson| July 27, 2016| DAILY BEAST
In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman| January 6, 2015| DAILY BEAST
At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters | James Poulos| January 1, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Policy is about wielding power, while mercy is about transcending power by renouncing it.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters | James Poulos| January 1, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Beyond that, how will China evolve its rigid Internet policy ?
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think | Brendon Hong| December 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
To such a policy there was no limit in national conscience, any more than in his.
The Evolution of States | J. M. Robertson
To recoil in battle, provided you return again to the attack, passes with them rather for policy than fear.
Tacitus on Germany | Tacitus
Something will be said of his policy in connection with the Thirty Years' War.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe | James Harvey Robinson
These words were intended to convey, and they did convey, the meaning that the policy of laissez-faire had broken down.
The British State Telegraphs | Hugo Richard Meyer
Though the policy of Walpole had ruined Jacobitism, it long remained unconscious of its ruin.
History of the English People, Volume VII (of 8) | John Richard Green
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British Dictionary definitions for policy (1 of 2) noun plural -cies a plan of action adopted or pursued by an individual, government, party, business, etc
wisdom, prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity
Scot (often plural) the improved grounds surrounding a country house
Word Origin for policy C14: from Old French policie, from Latin polītīa administration, polity
British Dictionary definitions for policy (2 of 2) noun plural -cies a document containing a contract of insurance
Word Origin for policy C16: from Old French police certificate, from Old Italian polizza, from Latin apodixis proof, from Greek apodeixis demonstration, proof
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