A contract of insurance, describing the term, coverage, premiums and deductibles. also called insurance policy.

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.

The legal contract between an insurer and the insured individual/ company/ trustee, etc.

contract by which the insurer agrees to pay the insured a certain sum of money if or when certain stated events happen; plans determining a government or firm's actions.

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

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.

Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

a general statement of direction for an enterprise. See Chapter3

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

A rule that an administrator places on the system, providing a way for an administrator to customize applications to organization-specific needs; policies are rules that govern the management of resources.(Security.) A long-term, broad strategy, with detail on interpretation and implementation.

(n.) A rule or set of rules that control behavior in an application, network, or system.

An enforceable set of rules to restrict and ensure accountability, a particular sequence of actions, or correct allocation and use of storage resources.

Motive; object; inducement.

A set of activities, which may differ in type and have different direct beneficiaries, directed towards common general objectives. Policies are not delimited in terms of time schedule or budget. See also general objectives, intervention, programme, project.

policy - A collection of configuration settings that are applied to one or more Exchange configuration objects. Policies simplify the administration of Exchange. You can define a policy that controls the configuration of some, or of all settings across a server or other objects in an Exchange organization. After policies are defined and implemented, editing the policy and then applying it changes the configuration of all servers and objects covered by the policy.

Managerial desires and intents concerning either process (intended objectives) or products (desired attributes).

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.

For a major opposition party, this is something to be released in enough time for it to be analysed, but not enough time for how stupid it actually is to sink into the public consciousness. Minor parties are spared this balancing act because their policies are not required to make sense or, indeed, exist. For a current government, policy is something with which you have been annoying the public for the last term.

Services which set boundaries for actions concerning human interaction with the environment and environmental processes. Examples include international agreements, production of consultation papers and strategy documents by government departments, and the preparation of plans by government agencies, regional development agencies and local authorities.

A deliberate act of government that in some way alters or influences the society or economy outside the government. Includes, but is not limited to, taxation, regulation, expenditures, and legal requirements and prohibitions, including in each case those which affect international transactions.

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

The regulation of access to network resources and services based on (business) administrative criteria.

A form of unofficial guidelines that private firms, individuals, and organizations create for internal (and in some cases, external) conduct. (Policy is not regulation.)