Policynoun
(obsolete) The art of governance; political science.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A state; a polity.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.
Policynoun
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
Policynoun
Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
Policynoun
Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
Policynoun
The grounds of a large country house.
Policynoun
(obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
Policynoun
(law)
Policynoun
A contract of insurance.
Policynoun
A document containing or certifying this contract.
Policynoun
(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
Policynoun
A number pool lottery
Policyverb
(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Policynoun
Civil polity.
Policynoun
The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.
Policynoun
The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
Policynoun
Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.
Policynoun
Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
Policynoun
Motive; object; inducement.
Policynoun
A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
Policynoun
The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.
Policynoun
A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
Policyverb
To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Policynoun
a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government;
Policynoun
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group;
Policynoun
written contract or certificate of insurance;
Policynoun
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual
Policynoun
prudent or expedient conduct or action
Policynoun
a contract of insurance
Policynoun
an illegal lottery or numbers game
Policy
Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.
Frameworknoun
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
Frameworknoun
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
Frameworknoun
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
Frameworknoun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
Frameworknoun
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
Frameworknoun
(literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.
Frameworknoun
The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.
Frameworknoun
Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
Frameworknoun
a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
Frameworknoun
the underlying structure;
Frameworknoun
a structure supporting or containing something
Frameworknoun
an essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object
Frameworknoun
a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text