n.
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
Etymology: alteration of earlier police, from Middle French, certificate, from Old Italian polizza, modification of Medieval Latin apodixa receipt, from Middle Greek apodeixis, from Greek, proof, from apodeiknynai to demonstrate ― more at APODICTIC
Date: 1565
1 : a writing whereby a contract of insurance is made
2 a : a daily lottery in which participants bet that certain numbers will be drawn from a lottery wheel b : NUMBER 7A