issue

The definition of an issue is something that is discussed, distributed or the offspring of someone.

(noun)

Issue is defined as to deliver or distribute.

(verb)

An example of issue is to provide someone with a new driver's license.

See issue in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an outgoing; outflow; passing out
Archaic a way out; exit; outlet
a result; consequence; upshot
offspring; a child or children
profits from lands, estates, or fines; produce; proceeds
a point, matter, or question to be disputed or decided
a sending or giving out; putting forth
the thing or set of things issued; all that is put forth and circulated at one time: the July issue of a magazine, an issue of bonds
Med.
1. a discharge of blood, pus, etc.
2. an incision or artificial ulcer for the discharge of pus
Informal a problem or difficulty: usually used in pl.

Origin: OFr pp. of issir, to go out < L exire < ex-, out + ire, to go: see year

intransitive verb issued, issuing

transitive verb

to let out; discharge
to give or deal out; distribute: to issue supplies
to print or publish; put forth and circulate; give out publicly or officially: to issue commemorative stamps

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See issue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out.
b. The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds.
Something produced, published, or offered, as:
a. An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau.
b. A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine.
c. A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.
d. A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.
e. Proceeds from estates or fines.
f. Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.
Offspring; progeny: died without issue.
a. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues.
b. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues.
c. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
d. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care.
e. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.
Informal A personal problem or emotional disorder: The teacher discussed the child's issues with his parents.
A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea.
Pathology
a. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
b. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
Archaic Termination; close.