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Word entry · 6 letters

policy

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"Official plan or rule"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɒl.ə.si/Part of speech nounSorted cilopyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A plan, rule, or course of action.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.
  • It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.
  • Federal policy is constructed in complex ways, involving legislation, regulation, and lobbying.

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