issuer

Variant of issue

issue definition

is·sue (is̸ho̵̅o̅; chiefly Brit isyo̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. an outgoing; outflow; passing out
  2. Archaic a way out; exit; outlet
  3. a result; consequence; upshot
  4. offspring; a child or children
  5. profits from lands, estates, or fines; produce; proceeds
  6. a point, matter, or question to be disputed or decided
  7. a sending or giving out; putting forth
  8. 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
  9. Med.
    1. a discharge of blood, pus, etc.
    2. an incision or artificial ulcer for the discharge of pus
  10. Informal a problem or difficulty: usually used in pl.

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

intransitive verb issued -·sued, issuing -·su·ing

  1. to go, come, pass, or flow out; emerge
  2. to be descended; be born
  3. to be derived or result (from a cause)
  4. to end or result (in an effect or consequence)
  5. to come as revenue; accrue
  6. to be printed or published; be put forth and circulated

transitive verb

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

Related Forms:

issue Idioms

at issue

  1. in dispute or under discussion
    also, esp. in law, in issue
  2. at variance; in disagreement

join issue

  1. to enter into conflict, argument, etc. with another or each other
  2. to join in submitting an issue for decision at law

take issue

to disagree; differ

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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