Policy Definition

pŏlĭ-sē

policies

noun

policies

Government or polity.

Webster's New World

Political wisdom or cunning.

Webster's New World

A principle, plan, or course of action, as pursued by a government, organization, individual, etc.

Foreign policy.

Webster's New World

Wise, expedient, or prudent conduct or management.

Webster's New World

Prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity in practical matters.

It is never good policy to speak rashly.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Policy

Singular:

policy

Plural:

policies

Obsolete police from French contract, bill of lading from Old French from Old Italian polizza alteration of Medieval Latin apodixa receipt from Medieval Greek apodeixis from Greek proof from apodeiknunai to prove apo- intensive pref. apo– deiknunai to show deik- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government"), classical Latin polÄ«tÄ«a (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government"), from πολίτης (politÄ“s, “citizen"). Compare police.

From Wiktionary
From Middle French police, from Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money"), from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apodeixis, “proof, declaration")

From Wiktionary
Middle English policie art of government, civil organization from Old French police

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition