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"word": "discretionary fiscal policy"
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"word": "honesty is the best policy"
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"word": "monetary policy"
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"word": "one-child policy"
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"word": "policy by press release"
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"word": "privacy policy"
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"word": "public policy"
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"word": "same-origin policy"
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"word": "scorched earth policy"
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"word": "scorched-earth policy"
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"word": "social policy"
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"word": "time policy"
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"word": "title policy"
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"word": "umbrella policy"
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"word": "valued policy"
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"word": "walk policy"
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"2": "ပေါ်လစီ",
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"expansion": "→ Burmese: ပေါ်လစီ (paula.ci)",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Burmese: ပေါ်လစီ (paula.ci)"
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"2": "LL.",
"3": "-"
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"expansion": "Late Latin",
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"2": "politia",
"3": "",
"4": "citizenship; government"
},
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"5": "citizenship; polis, (city) state; government"
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"text": "The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.",
"type": "example"
}
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"A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body."
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[
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[
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],
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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],
"word": "سِيَاسَة"
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"word": "քաղաքականություն"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "palítyka",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "палі́тыка"
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"roman": "niti",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "নীতি"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polítika",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "поли́тика"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"roman": "zhèngcè",
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"word": "政策"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "käytäntö"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "política"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗoliṭiḳa",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "პოლიტიკა"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗoliṭiḳuri ḳursi",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "პოლიტიკური კურსი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Politik"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Handlungsgrundsatz"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Vorgehensweise"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "Verfahrensweise"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Richtlinie"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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],
"word": "πολιτική"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "מְדִינִיּוּת"
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nīti",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "नीति"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "पालिसी"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "vezérelv"
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"word": "elv"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "előírás"
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"word": "szabályzat"
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"word": "célkitűzés"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"code": "id",
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"word": "kebijakan"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"alt": "せいさく",
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"alt": "しさく",
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"word": "施策"
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"word": "ポリシー"
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"word": "នយោបាយ"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeongchaek",
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"word": "정책"
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"code": "lo",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "ນະໂຍບາຍ"
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"word": "ᦟᦱᦋᦅᦸᧂ"
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"word": "kaupapa here"
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"word": "бодлого"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
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"word": "politikk"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "politikk"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "seyāsát",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "سياست"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "siyâsat",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"word": "سیاست"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "principle of conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "polityka"
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"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A document containing or certifying this contract."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"contain",
"contain"
],
[
"certify",
"certify"
],
[
"contract",
"contract"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law)",
"A document containing or certifying this contract."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)"
],
"links": [
[
"illegal",
"illegal"
],
[
"lottery",
"lottery"
],
[
"century",
"century"
],
[
"USA",
"USA"
],
[
"lottery wheel",
"lottery wheel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A number pool lottery"
],
"links": [
[
"number pool",
"number pool"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɒləsi/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɒlɪsi/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɑləsi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-policy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/En-us-policy.ogg/En-us-policy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-us-policy.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"numeral"
],
"topics": [
"pool",
"games"
],
"word": "policy racket"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sanad taʔmīn",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَنَد تَأْمِين"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bolīset taʔmīn",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بوليسة تَأْمِين"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polica",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полица"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pòlissa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pojistka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "polis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verzekeringscontract"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "vakuutuskirja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "police"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Versicherungspolice"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Police"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asfáleia",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ασφάλεια"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "kötvény"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "biztosítási kötvény"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polasaí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polizza"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kēyaku naiyō",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "契約内容"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiyaku",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "規約"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polise"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polise"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polisa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apólice"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pólis",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́лис"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "póliza"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "sera"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grom-má-tan",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "กรมธรรม์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "law: insurance document",
"word": "poliçe"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "illegal daily US lottery",
"word": "sera"
}
],
"word": "policy"
}
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