Definitions for policies

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policies pol·i·cy

Spelling: [pol-uh-see]

IPA: /ˈpɒl ə si/

Policies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 260 anagrams from letters in policies (ceiilops).

Definitions for policies

noun

1. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.:
2. a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.:
3. action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency:
4. sagacity; shrewdness:
5. Rare. government; polity.
6. a document embodying a contract of insurance.
7. a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
8. numbers pool (def 2).

Origin of policies

1350-1400; Middle English policie government, civil administration Middle French Latin polītīa polity

Examples for policies

In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.

We have a just right to expect that our European policy will be the American policy of European courts.

At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.

That strategy has been used in some cases to help determine GMO policy.

policy is about wielding power, while mercy is about transcending power by renouncing it.

We have exacted from him what is at variance with the fixed Chinese policy of ages.

It was characterized as "a policy of which peace, progress and retrenchment were the watchwords."

Beyond that, how will China evolve its rigid Internet policy?

Mr. Gladstone said that the policy of the Government was to "rescue and retire."

We have never practiced the policy of competitive armaments.