EnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский日本語한국어العربيةहिन्दीTürkçe
🔍

Policy

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.; It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.; Federal policy is constructed in complex ways, involving legislation, regulation, and lobbying."
2.NounA document describing such a policy.
"Please print extra copies of this policy and post them where it will be easy for everyone to see."
3.NounWise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
4.NounSpecifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
5.NounThe grounds of a large country house.
6.NounThe art of governance; political science.
7.NounA state; a polity.
8.NounA set political system; civil administration.
9.NounA trick; a stratagem.
10.NounMotive; object; inducement.
11.VerbTo regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
12.NounA contract of insurance. A document containing or certifying this contract.
"Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only."
13.NounA contract of insurance.
14.NounA document containing or certifying this contract.
"Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only."
15.NounAn illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
16.NounA number pool lottery
🔗 Find words with "policy" in A2Z Word Finder
The Daily Word NerdA new word, a puzzle, and a fun fact — free in your inbox every morning.
Free forever · unsubscribe anytime · all 14 newsletters
That email did not go through — please check it and try again.