[ˈpɒlɪsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual
(e.g: the government's controversial economic policies)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French policie ‘civil administration’, via Latin from Greek politeia ‘citizenship’, from politēs ‘citizen’, from polis ‘city’

[ˈpɒlɪsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a contract of insurance
(e.g: they took out a joint policy)

- an illegal lottery or numbers game
(e.g: he swore that he had never played policy in his life)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: 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’