Usually means: Guidelines governing decisions and actions.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!) Easter eggs (New!)
We found 44 dictionaries that define the word policy:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. policy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. policy: Merriam-Webster
  3. policy, policy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. policy, policy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. policy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. policy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Policy, policy: Wordnik
  8. policy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. policy: Wiktionary
  10. policy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. policy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. policy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. policy: Dictionary.com
  14. policy (1), policy (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. policy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Policy (Martha Davis album), Policy (Will Butler album), Policy (disambiguation), Policy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Policy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. policy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. policy: Rhymezone
  20. policy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. policy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Policy: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. policy: FreeDictionary.org
  24. policy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. policy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. policy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. policy: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. policy: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. policy: Hacking Lexicon
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  3. policy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. policy: Medical dictionary
  3. Policy: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. policy: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. policy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Policy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See policies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body and implemented by its actions.
noun:  A document describing such a policy.
noun:  Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
noun:  (now rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
noun:  (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
noun:  (obsolete) The art of governance; political science.
noun:  (obsolete) A state; a polity.
noun:  (obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.
noun:  (obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.
noun:  (obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
verb:  (transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
noun:  (law)
noun:  A contract of insurance.
noun:  A document containing or certifying this contract.
noun:  (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
noun:  A number pool lottery

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     gray,     white,     black,     green, more...



Word origin

Words similar to policy

Usage examples for policy

Idioms related to policy

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing policy

Words that often appear near policy

Rhymes of policy

Invented words related to policy

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     gray,     white,     black,     green, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux