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/ˈpɒl.ə.si/ · noun
A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body..
The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.
It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.
Federal policy is constructed in complex ways, involving legislation, regulation, and lobbying.
Please print extra copies of this policy and post them where it will be easy for everyone to see.
[H]e [Richard I of England] was diſcovered in an inne in Auſtria, becauſe he diſguiſed his perſon not his expenſes; ſo that the very policie of an hoſteſſe, finding his purſe ſo farre above his clothes, did detect him: […]
These bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I with greater policy concealed my struggles, and flattered you into the belief of my being impelled by unqualified, unalloyed inclination; […]
I, 'policie? that's their profession, And not simplicity, as they suggest.
Whether he believed himself a god, or only took on the attributes of divinity from motives of policy, is a question for the psychologist, since the historical evidence is indecisive.
Use policy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Policy means A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body..
Common synonyms include policy racket, insurance, insurance policy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.
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