## Meanings
1. An official plan or set of rules that a government, company, or person decides to follow.
2. A written contract with an insurance company.

## Examples
- The company has a strict policy on customer privacy.
- You should read the small print on your insurance policy.

## Derived Forms
- antipolicy
- metapolicy
- micropolicy
- mispolicy
- multipolicy
- nonpolicy
- policied
- policy-making
- policyholder
- policyholding
- policyless
- policymaker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: policie
- Root: polītīa
- Root: πολιτεία

## Etymology
From Middle English policie, from Old French policie, pollicie and police, from Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government”), classical Latin polītīa (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government”), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Doublet of police, polis (“police”), and polity.

## AI Etymology
Policy comes from Middle English policie, from Old French policie, pollicie and police, from Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government”), classical Latin polītīa (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government”), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Doublet of police, polis (“police”), and polity. In present-day English it covers an official plan or set of rules that a government, company, or person decides to follow and a written contract with an insurance company. The wider family includes derived forms such as antipolicy, metapolicy, micropolicy, mispolicy, multipolicy.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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