We have found multiple words policy. Choose the one you are looking for and click on the link in its Dictionary entry column to see its detailed etymology.
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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policy | English | (Noun Verb) (Scotland, now, chiefly, in the plural) The grounds of a large country house. [from 18th c.]. (now, rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. [from 15th c.]. [...](Scotland, now, chiefly, in the plural) The grounds of a large country house. [from 18th c.]. (now, rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. [from 15th c.]. [...] |
policy | English | (Noun) (law). (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural). A contract of insurance.. A document containing [...](law). (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural). A contract of insurance.. A document containing [...] |
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