policy
noun
1 policy
A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group.
Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
project;
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion;
resolution,
motion;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611;
system
etc.
(order)
58;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.];
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy;
copy;
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus;
carte du pays [Fr.];
card;
bill,
protocol;
order of the day,
list of agenda;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298;
base of operations;
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device;
pipelaying [U.S.];
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545;
alternative,
loophole;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step;
stroke,
stroke of policy;
master stroke;
trump card,
court card;
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun;
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke;
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination;
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist†;
strategist,
machinator;
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
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Roget 692:
conduct
[actions of an individual agent];
behavior;
deportment,
comportment;
carriage,
maintien†,
demeanor,
guise,
bearing,
manner,
observance.
dealing,
transaction
etc.
(action)
680;
business
etc.
625.
tactics,
game,
game plan,
policy,
polity;
generalship,
statesmanship,
seamanship;
strategy,
strategics†;
plan
etc.
626.
management;
husbandry;
housekeeping,
housewifery;
stewardship;
menage;
regime;
economy,
economics;
political economy;
government
etc.
(direction)
693.
execution,
manipulation,
treatment,
campaign,
career,
life,
course,
walk,
race,
record.
course of conduct,
line of conduct,
line of action,
line of proceeding;
role;
process,
ways,
practice,
procedure,
modus operandi,
MO,
method of operating;
method
&c.;
path
etc.
627.
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Dutch: beleidslijn, koers
Polish: polityka
2 policy
A line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government.
Dutch: strategie, aanpak, beleid, politiek
Polish: polityka
3 policy
Written contract or certificate of insurance:
— You should have read the small print on your policy.
synonyms: insurance, insurance policy.
Dutch: polis, verzekeringscontract
Polish: polisa ubezpieczeniowa, polisa
Moby thesaurus: accident insurance, action, actuary, annuity, approach, arrangement, assurance, autarky, aviation insurance, bail bond, behavior, bimetallism, bingo, bond, business life insurance, card games, casualty insurance, certificate of insurance, chuck and toss, chuck farthing, chuck-a-luck, circumspection, circumspectness, conduct, consideration, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, cool judgment, course, court bond, covenant of indemnity, crack-loo, crap game, crap shooting, craps, credit insurance, credit life insurance, creed, custom, debenture, debenture bond, deductible, deed, deed of trust, deed poll, design, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, economic self-sufficiency, endowment insurance, family maintenance policy, fan-tan, fidelity bond, fidelity insurance, flood insurance, formal contract, fraternal insurance, free enterprise, free trade, game plan, good judgment, government insurance, governmentalism, group policy, guiding principles, hazard, health insurance, horse racing, implied contract, indent, indenture, industrial life insurance, insurance, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company, insurance man, insurance policy, interinsurance, judgment, judiciousness, keno, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, liability insurance, license bond, limited payment insurance, line, localism, lotto, major medical insurance, malpractice insurance, managed currency, management, marine insurance, method, mortgage deed, mutual company, noninterference, nonintervention, nullification, ocean marine insurance, parol contract, party line, party principle, permit bond, pinball, pitch and toss, plan of action, planned economy, platform, polity, position, position paper, practice, price supports, principles, procedure, program, promissory note, protection, protectionism, protocol, providence, prudence, prudentialism, public policy, pump-priming, recognizance, reflection, reflectiveness, regulation, robbery insurance, rouge et noir, roulette, rule, scheme, sectionalism, shell game, social security, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, stock company, strategy, sweepstake, sweepstakes, system, tactics, term insurance, the numbers, the numbers game, theft insurance, thoughtfulness, title deed, trente-et-quarante, underwriter, way, ways and means, weighing ... show more.
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