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Policy
/ˈpɒləsi/
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
📖 Definitions of "Policy"
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.
verb
- 1
To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
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