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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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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