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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
- 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.
- 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.
- Stick us in a virgin paradise, and we create great honeycombed bureaucracies, vast bramble-fields of rules and regulations, ornate politburos filled with policymaking politicos, and, above all, tangled webs of power.
- Meanwhile, in January 1999, FDA rescinded its compliance policy guide that had regulated third-party servicers of medical devices.
- Like most pounds and animal welfare groups their policy is not to re-home puppies two weeks before Christmas.
- Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
- Second, his academic experience at the University of Chicago makes him singularly suited to translate the arcana of policy into an accessible format.
- 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
- Our participation in the policy and political arenas must be consistent and reliable.