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(a) (of company, organization) politique f;∎ to adopt a policy adopter une ligne de conduite;∎ this is in line with company policy ça va dans le sens de la politique de l'entreprise;∎ our policy is to hire professionals only nous avons pour politique de n'engager que des professionnels;∎ the company's success is essentially down to their inspired marketing policy le succès de l'enteprise est dû en grande partie à l'intelligence de leur politique de commercialisationpolicy document document m de politique générale;policy meeting séance f de concertation;policy position position f de principe;policy paper = document énonçant une position de principe;policy statement déclaration f de principe;American policy wonk conseiller(ère) m, f politique∎ to take out a policy souscrire une police (d'assurance)policy holder assuré(e) m, fManaging a Mayoral campaign in New York City has to be one of the most stressful jobs in the world and not, under any circumstance, a recommended activity for recovering heart patients. But no one seems to have told that to Richard Schrader, a bearded agitator turned policy wonk who's running Mark Green's campaign to succeed Rudolph Giuliani.
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1 noun∎ the government's economic policies la politique économique du gouvernement∎ they don't know what policy to adopt ils ne savent pas quelle politique adopter;∎ this is in line with company policy ça va dans le sens de la politique de l'entreprise;∎ our policy is to hire professionals only nous avons pour politique de n'engager que des professionnels;∎ the company's success is essentially down to their inspired marketing policy le succès de l'entreprise est dû en grande partie à l'intelligence de leur politique de commercialisation(c) (personal principle, rule of action) principe m, règle f;∎ her policy has been always to tell the truth elle a toujours eu pour principe de dire la vérité;∎ it's bad policy to reveal your objectives early on c'est une mauvaise tactique de dévoiler vos objectifs à l'avance(d) (for insurance) police f;∎ to take out a policy souscrire à une police d'assurance(decision, statement) de principe; (debate) de politique générale►► policy document document m de politique générale;policy meeting séance f de concertation;policy paper = document énonçant une position de principe;policy position position f de principe;policy statement déclaration f de principe;American pejorative policy wonk conseiller(ère) m,f politique
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Wonk — may refer to:* Wonk (slang) * Wonk (character), from The Adventures of Wonk by Muriel Levy * Policy wonk, an expert in the field of public policy and governmentSee Policy Analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy analysis See Center for… … Wikipedia
wonk — [wɒŋk ǁ wɑːŋk] noun [countable] informal someone who works very hard, is very serious, and knows a lot about a particular subject: • He started to become a policy wonk in his new career as a management consultant. * * * wonk UK US /wɒŋk/ noun [C] … Financial and business terms
wonk — [ waŋk ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who works or studies extremely hard. This word shows that you dislike people like this. a. someone who is extremely interested in unimportant political facts: a policy wonk … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wonk — wonk; wonk·ish; … English syllables
wonk — [wɔŋk US wa:ŋk] n AmE informal someone who works hard and is serious used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
wonk — overly studious person, 1954, Amer.Eng. student slang, popularized 1993 during Clinton administration in U.S.; perhaps a shortening of British slang WONKY (Cf. wonky) shaky, unreliable. Or perhaps a variant of British slang WANKER (Cf. wanker)… … Etymology dictionary
wonk — [n] excessive studier bookworm, brain*, dweeb*, geek*, greasy grind*, grind*, grub*, nerd, poindexter, swotter*; concept 350 … New thesaurus
wonk — ► NOUN N. Amer. informal, derogatory ▪ a studious or hard working person. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
wonk — [wäŋk] n. [back form. < WONKY] Slang ☆ 1. a student who studies very hard; grind ☆ 2. any very studious or hardworking person, often, specif., one preoccupied with a particular subject or field … English World dictionary
wonk — UK [wɒŋk] / US [wɑŋk] noun [countable] Word forms wonk : singular wonk plural wonks informal 1) someone who is extremely interested in unimportant political facts a policy wonk 2) American showing disapproval someone who works or studies… … English dictionary
wonk — [worjk] 1. n. an earnest student. (Collegiate.) □ Who’s the wonk who keeps getting the straight A’s? □ Yes, you could call Martin a wonk. In fact, he’s the classic wonk. 2. n. a bureaucrat; a flunky. □ The State Department policy wonks were up… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
