policy
suomi-englanti sanakirjapolicy englannista suomeksi
vakuutuskirja
politiikka, linja
tarkoituksenmukaisuus
policy englanniksi
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. (defdate)
(ux)
Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. (defdate)
(RQ:Fuller Holy Warre)&93; was diſcovered in an inne in Auſtria, becauſe he diſguiſed his perſon not his expenſes; ſo that the very policie of an hoſteſſe, finding his purſe ſo farre above his clothes, did detect him: (..)
(RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice)
Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. (defdate)
(RQ:Marlowe Jew of Malta)
{{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=Bertrand Russell|title=History of Western Philosophy|section=I.25
1775, (w), ''A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' section on Aberbrothick
- Now and then about a gentleman’s house stands a small plantation, which in Scotch is called a ''policy'', but of these there are few, and those few all very young.
(RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)
{{quote-book|en|year=1955|author=Robin Jenkins|title=The Cone-Gatherers|publisher=Canongate|year_published=2012|page=36
The art of governance; science. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5)
A set political system; civil administration. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Q1)
Motive; object; inducement.
(RQ:Sidney Arcadia)
(RQ:Bacon Learning)
An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a wheel (''no plural'')
A pool lottery