policy (redirected from policies)

pol·i·cy ¹  (pl-s)

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.

2.

a. A course of action, guiding principle, or procedure considered expedient, prudent, or advantageous: Honesty is the best policy.

b. Prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity in practical matters.

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[Middle English policie, art of government, civil organization, from Old French; see police.]

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pol·i·cy ²  (pl-s)

n. pl. pol·i·cies

1. A written contract or certificate of insurance.

2. A numbers game.

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[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

Noun

pl -cies

1. a plan of action adopted by a person, group, or government

2. Archaic wisdom or prudence [Old French policie, from Latin politia administration]

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policy ²

Noun

pl -cies a document containing an insurance contract [Old French police certificate]

policyholder n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	policy - a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies" activism - a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy - a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy; "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy" plan of action - a plan for actively doing something centralism - the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization containment - a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975" moderationism - the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation obscurantism - a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge Thatcherism - (England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher ultramontanism - (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope
	2.	policy - a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation" line of reasoning, logical argument, argumentation, argument, line - a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning" clericalism - a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party economic policy - a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues social policy - a policy of for dealing with social issues party line - the policy of a political group; "He won in a vote along party lines" foreign policy - a policy governing international relations zero-tolerance policy - any policy that allows no exception; "a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests" Zionism - a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
	3.	policy - written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" insurance policy, insurance contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law floating policy, floater - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location

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policy

noun 1. procedure, plan, action, programme, practice, scheme, theory, code, custom, stratagem

noun 2. line, rules, approach, guideline, protocol

Translations

policy [ˈpɔlɪsɪ] n → política;

(also: insurance policy) → póliza; [of newspaper, company] → política;

it is our policy to do that → tenemos por norma hacer eso;

to take out a policy → sacar una póliza, hacerse un seguro

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policy [ˈpɔlɪsɪ] n → politique f;

(also: insurance policy) → police f (d'assurance) [of newspaper, company]; politique générale;

to take out a policy (Insurance) → souscrire une police d'assurance

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policy [ˈpɔlɪsɪ] n (Pol, Econ) → Politik f;

(also: insurance policy) → (Versicherungs)police f [of newspaper] → Grundsatz m;

to take out a policy (Insurance) → eine Versicherung abschließen

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policy [ˈpɔlɪsɪ] n → politica; [of newspaper, company] → linea di condotta, prassi f inv (also: insurance policy) → polizza (d'assicurazione);

to take out a policy (INSURANCE) → stipulare una polizza di assicurazione

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policy¹

n policy [ˈpoləsi]

a planned or agreed course of action usually based on particular principles the government's policies on education. beleid سِياسَه политика politika politik die Politik πολιτική, πρόγραμμα política poliitika, käitumisjoon سیاست menettelytapa politique מְדִינִיוּת नीति politika (određena,ne kao opći pojam) politika, (irány)elvek kebijaksanaan stefna politica 方針 정책, 방침 politika politika dasar beleid politikk, taktikk polityka política politică политика; линия поведения; курс politika politika politika politik, hållning, policy นโยบาย politika 政策 політика پاليسي، راہ عمل chính sách 政策