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# policy

«policy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A plan or set of rules that a school, company or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a policy, policies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A plan or set of rules that a school, company or government decides to follow: the school's policy on phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#m1)

2) An insurance policy: a written agreement that an insurance company will pay if something bad happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#m2)

3) A sensible way of acting: «Honesty is the best policy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school there are policies on bullying, uniforms, homework and safety. In the news governments make policies on health or schools. In everyday life families buy insurance policies for the house and car. In maths a policy may set a rule like «a fine of $1 for each late book» — use it to work out totals. Phrases: «school policy», «a no-phones policy», «honesty is the best policy», «insurance policy», «company policy».

### examples

- Our school has a no-phones policy in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x1)
- Honesty is the best policy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x2)
- The new policy says all pupils wear hats outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x3)
- Mum read the insurance policy carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x4)
- The library's policy is a fine of 10p a day for late books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x5)
- The government changed its policy on bus fares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x6)
- It's against company policy to give refunds without a receipt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x7)
- Being kind is always a good policy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x8)
- "Honesty's the best policy!" quoth Ivan, as he skipped about in his new quarters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/#x9)

### note

Countable: policy, policies. Not the same as «police» (people who keep the law), though the words are related in history. «Politics» is about government in general; a policy is one plan or rule.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «policy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/policy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.