'Policies' definitions:
Definition of 'Policies'
From: GCIDE
- Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n.; pl. Policies. [L. politia, Gr. ?; cf. F. police, Of. police. See Police, n.]
- 1. Civil polity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit. [1913 Webster]
- The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury? --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Polity. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Policies'
- Policial,
- Policied,
- Policy,
- Policying,
- Blanket policy,
- Fabian policy,
- Fire policy,
- Insurance policy,
- Interest policy,
- Open policy,
- Policy book,
- Policy holder,
- Policy shop,
- Term policy,
- Time policy,
- Valued policy,
- Wager policy,
- Wagering policy,
- defence policy,
- defense policy,
- economic policy,
- fiscal policy,
- floating policy,
- foreign policy,
- policy change,
- policy maker,
- social policy,
- tax policy,
- trade policy,
- council on environmental policy,
- national trading policy,
- policy-making,
- The let-alone policy,
- Valued-policy law,
- beggar-my-neighbor policy,
- beggar-my-neighbour policy,
- open-door policy,
- scorched-earth policy,
- zero-tolerance policy