policy is on the Academic Word List.
policy is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
police - policy - politic
Policy is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Pronunciation

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Singular
policy

Plural
policies

  1. (countable & uncountable) A policy is an official rule or idea that explain how to act in certain situations.
    The government is suggesting a significant change in economic policy.
    In at least one case there was a deliberate policy decision not to involve the police.
    The policy at the movie theater said we should turn on phones off and be quiet, during the movie.
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