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Definition policy

Etymology 1

From Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government”), classical Latin pol?t?a (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government”), from ??????? (polít?s, “citizen”). Compare police and polity.

Noun

policy (countable and uncountable, plural policies)

1. (obsolete) The art of governance; political science. [14th–18th c.]
2. (obsolete) A state; a polity. [14th–16th c.]
3. (obsolete) A set political system; civil administration. [15th–19th c.]
4. (obsolete) A trick; a stratagem. [15th–19th c.]
5. A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. [from 15th c.]
6. Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]
7. (now rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. [from 15th c.]
8. (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house. [from 18th c.]
9. (obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.

Verb

policy (third-person singular simple present policies, present participle policying, simple past and past participle policied)

1. (transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Etymology 2

From Middle French police, from Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (apódeixis, “proof, declaration”)

Noun

policy (plural policies)

1. (law)
   1. A contract of insurance.
   2. A document containing or certifying this contract.
2. (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
3. A number pool lottery

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