Policy

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Policy \Pol"i*cy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Policied}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Policying}.]
     To regulate by laws; to reduce to order. [Obs.] "Policying of
     cities." --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n. [F. police; cf. Pr. polissia, Sp.
     p['o]lizia, It. p['o]lizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
     pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal), in LL.
     also, seal; or cf. LL. politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L.
     polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. ? having many
     folds or leaves; ? many + ? fold, leaf, from ? to fold; or
     cf. LL. apodixa a receipt.]
     1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
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     2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance
        is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms
        and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify
        another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils,
        or risks to which his person or property may be exposed.
        See {Insurance}.
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     3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be
        drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
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     {Interest policy}, a policy that shows by its form that the
        assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter
        insured.
  
     {Open policy}, one in which the value of the goods or
        property insured is not mentioned.
  
     {Policy book}, a book to contain a record of insurance
        policies.
  
     {Policy holder}, one to whom an insurance policy has been
        granted.
  
     {Policy shop}, a gambling place where one may bet on the
        numbers which will be drawn in lotteries.
  
     {Valued policy}, one in which the value of the goods,
        property, or interest insured is specified.
  
     {Wager policy}, a policy that shows on the face of it that
        the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded
        on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in
        anything insured.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n.; pl. {Policies}. [L. politia, Gr. ?; cf.
     F. police, Of. police. See {Police}, n.]
     1. Civil polity. [Obs.]
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     2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of
        a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public
        or official administration, as designed to promote the
        external or internal prosperity of a state.
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     3. The method by which any institution is administered;
        system of management; course.
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     4. Management or administration based on temporal or material
        interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor;
        hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning;
        stratagem.
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     5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private
        affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
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              The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so
              far above his clothes, did detect him. --Fuller.
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     6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs.]
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              What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is
              counted an injury?                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     Syn: See {Polity}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  policy
       n 1: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a
            government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the
            proposed legislation"
       2: a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group;
          "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps
          changing his policies"
       3: written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should
          have read the small print on your policy" [syn: {insurance
          policy}, {insurance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  164 Moby Thesaurus words for "policy":
     accident insurance, action, actuary, annuity, approach,
     arrangement, assurance, autarky, aviation insurance, bail bond,
     behavior, bimetallism, bingo, bond, business life insurance,
     card games, casualty insurance, certificate of insurance,
     chuck and toss, chuck farthing, chuck-a-luck, circumspection,
     circumspectness, conduct, consideration, contract by deed,
     contract of record, contract quasi, cool judgment, course,
     court bond, covenant of indemnity, crack-loo, crap game,
     crap shooting, craps, credit insurance, credit life insurance,
     creed, custom, debenture, debenture bond, deductible, deed,
     deed of trust, deed poll, design, discreetness, discretion,
     discrimination, economic self-sufficiency, endowment insurance,
     family maintenance policy, fan-tan, fidelity bond,
     fidelity insurance, flood insurance, formal contract,
     fraternal insurance, free enterprise, free trade, game plan,
     good judgment, government insurance, governmentalism, group policy,
     guiding principles, hazard, health insurance, horse racing,
     implied contract, indent, indenture, industrial life insurance,
     insurance, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company,
     insurance man, insurance policy, interinsurance, judgment,
     judiciousness, keno, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism,
     liability insurance, license bond, limited payment insurance, line,
     localism, lotto, major medical insurance, malpractice insurance,
     managed currency, management, marine insurance, method,
     mortgage deed, mutual company, noninterference, nonintervention,
     nullification, ocean marine insurance, parol contract, party line,
     party principle, permit bond, pinball, pitch and toss,
     plan of action, planned economy, platform, polity, position,
     position paper, practice, price supports, principles, procedure,
     program, promissory note, protection, protectionism, protocol,
     providence, prudence, prudentialism, public policy, pump-priming,
     recognizance, reflection, reflectiveness, regulation,
     robbery insurance, rouge et noir, roulette, rule, scheme,
     sectionalism, shell game, social security, sound judgment,
     soundness of judgment, special contract, specialty,
     specialty contract, stock company, strategy, sweepstake,
     sweepstakes, system, tactics, term insurance, the numbers,
     the numbers game, theft insurance, thoughtfulness, title deed,
     trente-et-quarante, underwriter, way, ways and means, weighing
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POLICY, PUBLIC. By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for 
  the promotion of the public good. 
       2. That which is against public policy is generally unlawful. For 
  example, to restrain an individual from marrying, or from engaging in 
  business, when the restraint is general, in the first case, to all persons, 
  and, in the second, to all trades, business, or occupations. But if the 
  restraint be only partial, as that Titius shall not marry Moevia, or that 
  Caius shall not engage in a particular trade in a particular town or, place, 
  the restraint is not against public policy,, and therefore valid. 1 Story, 
  Eq. Jur. Sec. 274. See Newl. Contr. 472.