policy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official plan or set of rules that a government, company, or person decides to follow.

   The company has a strict policy on customer privacy.

2. 2
   noun

   A written contract with an insurance company.

   You should read the small print on your insurance policy.

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.

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