Policy vs. Regulation

Policynoun

(obsolete) The art of governance; political science.

Regulationnoun

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

Policynoun

(obsolete) A state; a polity.

Regulationnoun

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

Policynoun

(obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.

Regulationnoun

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

Policynoun

(obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.

Regulationnoun

(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

Policynoun

A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.

‘The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers.’;

Regulationnoun

(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Policynoun

Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.

Regulationadjective

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Policynoun

Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.

Regulationnoun

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

‘The temper and regulation of our own minds.’;

Policynoun

The grounds of a large country house.

Regulationnoun

A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Policynoun

(obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.

Regulationnoun

an authoritative rule

Policynoun

(law)

Regulationnoun

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;

‘it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast’; ‘short haircuts were the regulation’;

Policynoun

A contract of insurance.

Regulationnoun

the state of being controlled or governed

Policynoun

A document containing or certifying this contract.

‘Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.’;

Regulationnoun

(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

Policynoun

(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)

Regulationnoun

the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

Policynoun

A number pool lottery

Regulationnoun

the act of controlling or directing according to rule;

‘fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians’;

Policyverb

(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Regulationadjective

prescribed by or according to regulation;

‘regulation army equipment’;

Policynoun

Civil polity.

Regulationnoun

a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

‘planning regulations’;

Policynoun

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.

Regulationnoun

in accordance with regulations; of the correct type

‘regulation army footwear’;

Policynoun

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

Regulationnoun

of a familiar or predictable type; formulaic

‘a regulation Western parody’;

Policynoun

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.

Regulationnoun

the action or process of regulating or being regulated

‘the regulation of financial markets’;

Policynoun

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.’;

Regulation

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.

Policynoun

Motive; object; inducement.

‘What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury?’;

Policynoun

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

Policynoun

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.

Policynoun

A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

Policyverb

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Policynoun

a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government;

‘they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation’;

Policynoun

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group;

‘it was a policy of retribution’; ‘a politician keeps changing his policies’;

Policynoun

written contract or certificate of insurance;

‘you should have read the small print on your policy’;

Policynoun

a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual

‘it is not company policy to dispense with our older workers’; ‘the government's controversial economic policies’;

Policynoun

prudent or expedient conduct or action

‘a course of policy and wisdom’;

Policynoun

a contract of insurance

‘they took out a joint policy’;

Policynoun

an illegal lottery or numbers game

‘he swore that he had never played policy in his life’;

Policy

Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.