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policy

policy (plural policies)

1. (obsolete) The art of governance; political science. [14th-18th c.]
   • a. 1616, William Shakespeare, Henry V, I.1:

     List his discourse of Warre; and you shall heare / A fearefull Battaile rendred you in Musique. / Turne him to any Cause of Pollicy, / The Gordian Knot of it he will vnloose, / Familiar as his Garter [...].

2. (obsolete) A state; a polity. [14th-16th c.]
3. (obsolete) A set political system; civil administration. [15th-19th c.]
4. (obsolete) A trick; a stratagem. [15th-19th c.]
   • a. 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus:

     Tis pollicie, and stratageme must doe / That you affect, and so must you resolue, / That what you cannot as you would atcheiue, / You must perforce accomplish as you may.

5. A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. [from 15th c.]

   The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.

6. Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 140:

     These bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I with greater policy concealed my struggles, and flattered you [...].

7. (now rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. [from 15th c.]
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:

     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.

Definizione dizionario policy

	politica
	plan or course of action
	A general plan of action, formulated by a political party, a government agency or a similar institution.

	polizza
	contract of insurance

	criteri
	The mechanism by which computer settings are configured automatically, as defined by the administrator. Depending on context, this can refer to Group Policy or Windows NT 4.0 System Policy.

	criterio
	The mechanism by which computer settings are configured automatically, as defined by the administrator. Depending on context, this can refer to Group Policy or Windows NT 4.0 System Policy.

	politica gestionale
	A general plan of action, formulated by a political party, a government agency or a similar institution.

metodo

policy

prassi

procedimento

sistema

tattica

Altri significati:

A course of action thought to be prudent or tactically advantageous; hence prudence or sagacity

A number pool lottery

Shrewdness or artfulness

statement of commitment to a requirement

(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel ( '''no plural''' )

course of action thought to be prudent or advantageous

A contract of insurance

A statement of commitment to a broad requirement, often used in an organisation to instruct personnel as to a required outcome (note: whereas "Procedures" describe how a policy is implemented).

A plan or course of action, especially one of an organization or government