issue

(ĭshˈo͞o)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Offspring; progeny: died without issue.
4. 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.
5. Informal A personal problem or emotional disorder: The teacher discussed the child's issues with his parents.
6. A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea.
7. Pathology
   a. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
   b. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
8. Archaic Termination; close.

1. To go or come out. See Synonyms at appear.
2. To accrue as proceeds or profit: Little money issued from the stocks.
3. To be born or be descended.
4. To be circulated or published.
5. To spring or proceed from a source. See Synonyms at stem¹.
6. To terminate or result.

1. To cause to flow out; emit.
2. To circulate or distribute in an official capacity: issued uniforms to the players.
3. To publish: issued periodic statements.

Related Forms:

• isˈsu·er noun

• isˈsue·less adjective