policy

/ˈpɒləsi//ˈpɑləsi/

noun

1
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
“The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.”
2
Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
3
Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
4
(now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
5
The art of governance; political science.
6
A state; a polity.
7
A set political system; civil administration.
8
A trick; a stratagem.
9
Motive; object; inducement.

1
A contract of insurance.
2
A document containing or certifying this contract.
3
An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
4
A number pool lottery

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