English-Thai Dictionary

policy

N กรมธรรม์ประกันภัย  insurance policy kom-ma-tan-pra-kan-pai

 

policy

N นโยบาย  หลักการ  แผนการ  วิถีทาง  อุบาย  course procedure na-yi-bai

 

policy

N อุบาย  วิธีการ อัน แยบยล  วิธีการ อัน แยบคาย  plan u-bai

 

policyholder

N ผู้เอาประกันภัย  phu-aol-pra-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POLICY

n.[L. politia; Gr. city. ] 1. Policy, in its primary signification, is the same as polity, comprehending the fundamental constitution or frame of civil government in a state or kingdom. But by usage, policy is now more generally used to denote what is included under legislation and administration, and may be defined, the art or manner of governing a nation; or that system of measures which the sovereign of a country adopts and pursues, as best adapted to the interests of the nation. Thus we speak of domestic policy, or the system of internal regulations in a nation; foreign policy, or the measures which respect foreign nations; commercial policy, or the measures which respect commerce.
2. Art, prudence, wisdom or dexterity in the management of public affairs; applied to persons governing. It has been the policy of France to preclude females from the throne. It has been the policy of Great Britain to encourage her navy, by keeping her carrying trade in her own hands. In this she manifests sound policy. Formerly, England permitted wool to be exported and manufactured in the Low Countries, which was very bad policy.
The policy of all laws has made some forms necessary in the wording of last wills and testaments.
All violent policy defeats itself.
3. In common usage, the art, prudence or wisdom of individuals in the management of their private or social concerns.
4. Stratagem; cunning; dexterity of management.
5. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
6. Policy, in commerce, the writing or instrument by which a contract of indemnity is effected between the insurer and the insured; or the instrument containing the terms or conditions on which a person or company undertakes to indemnify another person or company against losses of property exposed to peculiar hazards, as houses or goods exposed to fire, or ships and goods exposed to destruction on the high seas. This writing is subscribed by the insurer, who is called the underwriter. The terms policy of insurance, or assurance, are also used for the contract between the insured and the underwriter.
Policies are valued or open; valued, when the property or goods insured are valued at prime cost; open, when the goods are not valued, but if lost, their value must be proved.
Wagering policies, which insure sums of money, interest or no interest, are illegal.
All insurances, interest or no interest, or without further proof of interest than the policy itself, are null and void.
The word policy is used also for the writing which insures against other events, as well as against loss of property.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLICY

Pol "i *cy, n.; pl. Policies. Etym: [L. politia, Gr. police, Of. police. See Police, n.]

 

1. Civil polity. [Obs. ]

 

2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.

 

3. The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

 

4. Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.

 

5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit. The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. Fuller.

 

6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs. ] What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury Sir P. Sidney.

 

Syn. -- See Polity.

 

POLICY

Pol "i *cy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Policied; p. pr. & vb. n. Policying.]

 

Defn: To regulate by laws; to reduce to order. [Obs. ] "Policying of cities." Bacon.

 

POLICY

Pol "i *cy, n. Etym: [F. police; cf. Pr. polissia, Sp. pólizia, It. pólizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L. pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal ), in LL. also, seal; or cf. LL. politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L. polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. apodixa a receipt. ]

 

1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

 

2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.

 

3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy. Interest policy, a policy that shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter insured. -- Open policy, one in which the value of the goods or property insured is not mentioned. -- Policy book, a book to contain a record of insurance policies. -- Policy holder, one to whom an insurance policy has been granted. -- Policy shop, a gambling place where one may bet on the numbers which will be drawn in lotteries. -- Valued policy, one in which the value of the goods, property, or interest insured is specified. -- Wager policy, a policy that shows on the face of it that the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in anything insured.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

policy

pol i cy 1 |ˈpäləsē ˈpɑləsi | ▶noun ( pl. policies ) a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual: the administration's controversial economic policies | it is not company policy to dispense with our older workers. • archaic prudent or expedient conduct or action: a course of policy and wisdom. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French policie ‘civil administration, ’ via Latin from Greek politeia ‘citizenship, ’ from politēs ‘citizen, ’ from polis ‘city. ’

 

policy

pol i cy 2 |ˈpɑləsi ˈpäləsē | ▶noun ( pl. policies ) 1 a contract of insurance: they took out a joint policy. 2 an illegal lottery or numbers game. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French police ‘bill of lading, contract of insurance, ’ from Provençal poliss (i )a, probably from medieval Latin apodissa, apodixa, based on Greek apodeixis ‘evidence, proof, ’ from apodeiknunai ‘demonstrate, show. ’

 

policyholder

pol i cy hold er |ˈpäləsēˌhōldər ˈpɑləsiˌhoʊldər | ▶noun a person or group in whose name an insurance policy is held.

 

policymaker

pol ¦icy |maker ▶noun a person responsible for or involved in formulating policies, especially in politics. DERIVATIVES policymaking noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

policy

policy 1 |ˈpɒlɪsi | ▶noun ( pl. policies ) a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual: the government's controversial economic policies | [ mass noun ] : it is not company policy to dispense with our older workers. • [ mass noun ] archaic prudent or expedient conduct or action. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French policie ‘civil administration ’, via Latin from Greek politeia ‘citizenship ’, from politēs ‘citizen ’, from polis ‘city ’.

 

policy

policy 2 |ˈpɒlɪsi | ▶noun ( pl. policies ) a contract of insurance: they took out a joint policy. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French police ‘bill of lading, contract of insurance ’, from Provençal poliss (i )a, probably from medieval Latin apodissa, apodixa, based on Greek apodeixis ‘evidence, proof ’, from apodeiknunai ‘demonstrate, show ’.

 

policyholder

pol ¦icy |hold ¦er |ˈpɒlɪsɪˌhəʊldə | ▶noun a person or group in whose name an insurance policy is held.

 

policymaker

pol ¦icy |maker ▶noun a person responsible for or involved in formulating policies, especially in politics. DERIVATIVES policymaking noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

policy

policy noun 1 government policy: plans, strategy, stratagem, approach, code, system, guidelines, theory; line, position, stance, attitude. 2 it's good policy to listen to your elders: practice, custom, idea, procedure, conduct, convention.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

policy

policy noun 1 government policy on international trade: plans, strategy, proposed action, blueprint, approach, scheme, stratagem, programme, schedule, code, system, guidelines, intentions, notions, theory, line, position, stance, attitude. 2 it was good policy to listen politely: practice, custom, procedure, wont, way, tack, routine, matter of course, style, pattern, convention, mode, rule.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

policy

pol i cy 1 /pɑ́ləsi |pɔ́l -/〖語源は 「都市国家 」; policeと同源 〗名詞 複 -cies /-z /U (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) 1 «…に対する » 政策 , 方針 , 施策 , 方策 «on » ▸ the defense [housing, foreign ] policy 防衛 [住宅, 外交 ]政策 ▸ translate [put ] policy into action 政策を実行に移す ▸ tighten fiscal policy 金融政策を引き締める ▸ human-rights policy 人権政策 ▸ announce a policy on missile defense ミサイル防衛政策を発表する ▸ The best policy would be for him to resign .最も賢明な方策は彼が辞職することだろう ▸ a company policy 社の方針 ▸ We have no policy of moving anyone from here .我々はここからだれも立ち退かせるつもりはない ▸ Honesty is the best policy .｟ことわざ ｠正直は最善の策 .2 信条 , 主義 , やり方 ; 知恵 ▸ It is my policy to upset as few people as possible .できるだけ人を怒らせないというのが私の主義だ .～́ m à ker ＝policymaker .

 

policy

pol i cy 2 〖語源は 「証明 」〗名詞 複 -cies 1 C 保険証券, 保険証書 (insurance policy )▸ a life [fire ] policy 生命 [火災 ]保険証券 ▸ take out a policy on one's life 生命保険をかける .2 U ｟米 ｠(違法な )数当て宝くじ (policy racket ).

 

policyholder

p ó licy h ò lder 名詞 C 保険契約者 .

 

policymaker

p ó licy m à ker 名詞 C 政策立案者 .

 

policymaking

p ó licy m à king 名詞 U 形容詞 政策立案 (の ).