a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.

We have a new company policy.

a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.

our nation's foreign policy.

action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency

It was good policy to consent.

sagacity; shrewdness

Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.

Rare . government; polity.

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action , administration , approach , arrangement , behavior , channels , code , course , custom , design , guideline , line , management , method , order , organization , plan , polity , practice , program , protocol , red tape * , rule , scheme , stratagem , strategy , tenet , the book , the numbers , theory , procedure , contract , platform , principle , sagacity , system , tactics , wisdom