policy
1a 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.
prudence or expediency; shrewdness: Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.
Rare. government; polity.
Origin of policy
1Other words for policy
| 1 | strategy, principle, rule |
| 4 | prudence, acumen, calculation; astuteness, wit |
Opposites for policy
| 4 | ingenuousness, naiveté |
Words that may be confused with policy
- policy , polity
Words Nearby policy
Other definitions for policy (2 of 2)
a document embodying a contract of insurance.
a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
Origin of policy
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How to use policy in a sentence
That policy has since been removed from the handbook, she said.
School Sports Became ‘Clubs’ Amid the Pandemic – Now Two Coaches Are Out | Ashly McGlone | September 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoRecently, 790 groups linked to QAnon were removed under this policy, Facebook said.
That requires both thinking about the policies that guide their behavior and the mechanisms for accountability when they violate those policies.
The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained | Fabiola Cineas | September 17, 2020 | VoxLaunching 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 ReviewSome 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.
Two-thirds of those who likely to benefit from the new policy are Mexican.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI believe in the power of institutions—Congress, public policy, certain ideas about politics—that last for a long time.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
It looks very much as if the same policy adopted in the war of 1871-3 had been consciously followed.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThat is, the Government was led into the policy of borrowing through the increase of monetary forms.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThis decision meant a complete reversal of Swedish foreign policy and a breach with France.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThere is no need to discuss the particular way in which this policy can best be carried out.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockEven the purest selfishness would dictate a policy of social insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for policy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpɒlɪsɪ) /
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
Origin of policy
1British Dictionary definitions for policy (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpɒlɪsɪ) /
a document containing a contract of insurance
Origin of policy
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