Policy vs. Procedure
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.
Procedurenoun
A particular method for performing a task.
Procedurenoun
A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
Procedurenoun
(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
Procedurenoun
The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Procedurenoun
(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
Procedurenoun
(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
Procedurenoun
(medicine) A surgical operation.
Procedurenoun
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
Procedurenoun
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Procedurenoun
That which results; issue; product.
Procedurenoun
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
Procedurenoun
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
Procedurenoun
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Procedurenoun
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
Procedurenoun
an established or official way of doing something
Procedurenoun
a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
Procedurenoun
a surgical operation
Procedurenoun
another term for subroutine
