policy

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UK /ˈpɒl.ə.si/ US /ˈpɑ.lə.si/

noun 9verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) plan of action

ADJ

clear, coherent

conscious, deliberate

The government adopted a conscious policy of encouraging young people to study science and technology.

open-door

The university maintains an open-door policy, welcoming students to visit professors during office hours.

agricultural, conservation, economic, educational, energy, environmental, financial, fiscal, foreign, housing, industrial, military, social, transport, etc.

VERB + POLICY

develop, formulate, frame, shape | establish, implement, introduce

adopt, carry out, follow, pursue

The company decided to adopt a strict policy on workplace safety last year.

have, operate

Our school has a clear policy about bringing mobile phones into the classroom.

POLICY + VERB

be aimed at sth

The government's new policy is aimed at reducing plastic waste in our cities.

POLICY + NOUN

decision, making | change, review | document, statement

PREP

~ of

The school's policy of requiring uniforms has been controversial among parents and students.

~ on

The government announced a new policy on climate change that will affect all businesses.

PHRASES

a matter of policy

The school's decision not to allow phones in classrooms is simply a matter of policy.

(noun.) insurance contract

ADJ

insurance | contents, life, motor, etc.

VERB + POLICY

take out | renew

POLICY + VERB

cover sb/sth

Our home insurance policy covers damage from storms and flooding.

expire

POLICY + NOUN

holder | schedule

PREP

in a/the ~

The insurance company explained all the benefits included in their policy.

under a/the ~

Your medical expenses will be covered under the policy if you visit an approved hospital.

Definitions

noun

A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.

The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.

It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.

A document describing such a policy.

Please print extra copies of this policy and post them where it will be easy for everyone to see.

Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.

[H]e [Richard I of England] was diſcovered in an inne in Auſtria, becauſe he diſguiſed his perſon not his expenſes; ſo that the very policie of an hoſteſſe, finding his purſe ſo farre above his clothes, did detect him: […]

These bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I with greater policy concealed my struggles, and flattered you into the belief of my being impelled by unqualified, unalloyed inclination; […]

Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.

I, 'policie? that's their profession, And not simplicity, as they suggest.

Whether he believed himself a god, or only took on the attributes of divinity from motives of policy, is a question for the psychologist, since the historical evidence is indecisive.

The grounds of a large country house.

1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland section on Aberbrothick Now and then about a gentleman’s house stands a small plantation, which in Scotch is called a policy, but of these there are few, and those few all very young.

There was but one thing happened worth narrating; and that is the visit I had of Robin Oig, one of the sons of the notorious Rob Roy. He was sought upon all sides on a charge of carrying a young woman from Balfron and marrying her (as was alleged) by force; yet he stepped about Balquhidder like a gentleman in his own walled policy.

verb

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Policying of cities.

noun

A contract of insurance.

A document containing or certifying this contract.

Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.

An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)

A number pool lottery

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — written contract or certificate of insurance

insurance

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

honesty is the best policy

Honesty is preferable as a course of action because it tends to work out best in the end.

All theſe things conſidered, it hath made me to mitigate my former imagination, and to deem it not unpoſſible, that this over-politick and too wiſe Order may reach a note higher th

open-door policy

A policy or usual practice, by a person in authority, of permitting subordinates or constituents to visit his or her office unannounced and at any reasonable time for the purpose of discussing matters of concern.

Take Continental Airlines's Robert F. Six's view of much touted open-door policies: “‘My door is always open—bring me your problems.’ This is guaranteed to turn on every whiner, la

ostrich policy

The tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they do not exist; ostrichism.

Example Bank

The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.

Wiktionary

It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.

Wiktionary

Federal policy is constructed in complex ways, involving legislation, regulation, and lobbying.

Wiktionary

Policying of cities.

Wiktionary

Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.

Wiktionary

At this stage there is still not a clear energy policy for bringing decentralised power to rural areas.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, policy is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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