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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A written contract or certificate of insurance.
- noun A numbers game.
- noun A plan or course of action, as of a government, political party, or business, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters.
- noun A course of action, guiding principle, or procedure considered expedient, prudent, or advantageous.
- noun Prudence, shrewdness, or sagacity in practical matters.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete police, from French, contract, bill of lading, from Old French, from Old Italian polizza, alteration of Medieval Latin apodixa, receipt, from Medieval Greek apodeixis, from Greek, proof, from apodeiknunai, to prove : apo-, intensive pref.; see apo– + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English policie, art of government, civil organization, from Old French; see police.]
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