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UK
/pˈɒlɪsi/
]
[ US /ˈpɑɫəsi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑɫəsi/ ]
NOUN
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a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation -
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
a politician keeps changing his policies
it was a policy of retribution
How To Use policy In A Sentence
- Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.
- The embassy had been shut down due to Mongolia's support for South Korea's "sunshine policy" of conciliation toward the North.
- There are many horror stories about an ex-spouse getting the proceeds of a big life insurance policy or the accidental disinheritance of a child because the owner never changed the beneficiary," Norfolk warns. How To Protect Your Spouse Financially After You're Gone
- Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude
- They dismiss concerns that some of the Africans who flocked to Libya under Mr. Gadhafi's policy of pan-Africanism might be subject to retribution.
- It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
- Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
- Smith enforced a highly unpopular no-guns policy in the cowtown, and for the most part, made the law stick by beating the hell out of people with his bare hands. The Four Toughest Men of the Old West
- Accompanying the exclusion from the labour market has been a policy of disenfranchising the underclass from full welfare citizenship.
- This policy could bring that programme to a shuddering halt. Times, Sunday Times