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written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien.

Civil polity.

The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

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.

Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

Motive; object; inducement.

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

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.

A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien.

Civil polity.

The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

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.

Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

Motive; object; inducement.

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

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.

A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.

The art or method of government; management of public affairs; course of conduct or action; action based on advantage rather than on right; prudence; cunning; a document containing a contract of insurance.

The art or manner of governing a nation: a system of official administration: dexterity of management: prudence: cunning: in Scotland, the pleasure-grounds around a mansion.

A warrant for money in the public funds: a writing containing a contract of insurance.

Art or system of governing or conduct; prudence; a contract of insurance.

Prudence; sagacity; finesse; artifice.

A course or plan of action, as of a government.

A written contract of insurance.

n. [French, Latin] The general scheme or system of measures by which the government and affairs of a nation are administered—usually classified as foreign policy, or the relations and dealings of the government with regard to foreign powers; domestic policy, or measures relating to the just administration of law and the well-being of the nation; and commercial policy, or measures relating to the agriculture, manufactures, trade, commerce, and revenue of the nation;—a line of procedure or scheme of measures put forth by a party or its leaders as a common ground of action;—dexterity in managing public affairs or in leading a party;—prudence or wisdom in the conduct of one's private affairs or relations;—stratagem; cunning.

n. [Spanish] A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds;—the writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied;—pl. The grounds about a gentleman's seat or mansion.