policy

Definition

  • noun: an officially accepted set of rules or ideas about what should be done
  • noun: prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: polity, course, cunning

Examples

  • He realized 'honesty is the best policy' and told them what really happened to their car.

  • I make it a 'policy' not to lend my friends money. [=I don't lend my friends money]

  • Property damage caused by fire is not covered under this 'policy'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) is going to cut our feed to Tehran. But Please be careful. Yeah, I'll continue to stand by. Now you see how fundamental these robots are to our foreign policy. So then tell me, why can't we use these machines here at home? Why is America so robophobic? On the one hand, we have Raymond Sellers. (..)
    2014 RoboCop