the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
2.
something that is printed or published and distributed, esp. a given number of a periodical: Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine?
3.
something that is sent out or put forth in any form.
4.
a quantity of something that is officially offered for sale or put into circulation at one time: a new issue of commemorative stamps; a new bond issue.
5.
a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law.
6.
a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance: the political issues.
7.
a point the decision of which determines a matter: The real issue in the strike was the right to bargain collectively.
8.
a point at which a matter is ready for decision: to bring a case to an issue.
9.
something proceeding from any source, as a product, effect, result, or consequence: His words were the issue of an intelligent man.
10.
the ultimate result, event, or outcome of a proceeding, affair, etc.: the issue of a contest.
11.
a distribution of food rations, clothing, equipment, or ammunition to a number of officers or enlisted soldiers, or to a military unit.
12.
offspring; progeny: to die without issue.
13.
a going, coming, passing, or flowing out: free issue and entry.
14.
a place or means of egress; outlet or exit.
15.
something that comes out, as an outflowing stream.
16.
Pathology.
a.
a discharge of blood, pus, or the like.
b.
an incision, ulcer, or the like, emitting such a discharge.
17.
issues, English Law. the profits from land or other property.
18.
the printing of copies of a work from the original setting of type with some slight changes: the third issue of the poem.
19.
Obsolete. a proceeding or action.
–verb (used with object)
20.
to put out; deliver for use, sale, etc.; put into circulation.
21.
to mint, print, or publish for sale or distribution: to issue a new coin; to issue a new book.
22.
to distribute (food, clothing, etc.) to one or more officers or enlisted soldiers or to a military unit.
23.
to send out; discharge; emit.
–verb (used without object)
24.
to go, pass, or flow out; come forth; emerge: to issue forth to battle.
25.
to be sent, put forth, or distributed authoritatively or publicly, as a legal writ or money.
26.
to be published, as a book.
27.
to originate or proceed from any source.
28.
to arise as a result or consequence; result: a reaction that issues from the stimulus.
29.
Chiefly Law. to proceed as offspring, or be born or descended.
30.
Chiefly Law. to come as a yield or profit, as from land.
31.
Archaic. to have the specified outcome, result, etc. (often fol. by in).
32.
Obsolete. to end; terminate.
—Idioms
33.
at issue,
a.
being disputed or under discussion.
b.
being at opposite viewpoints; in disagreement: Medical experts are still at issue over the proper use of tranquilizers.
34.
join issue,
a.
to enter into controversy or take exception to.
b.
to submit an issue jointly for legal decision.
35.
take issue, to disagree; dispute: He took issue with me on my proposal for a new advertising campaign.
Origin: 1275–1325; (n.) ME < MF: place or passage out; OF (e)issue < VL *exūta, n. use of fem. of *exūtus, L exitusexit; (v.) ME issuen, deriv. of the n., or < MF, OF (e)issu, ptp. of issir to go out (≪ L exīre); see exit
To accrue as proceeds or profit: Little money issued from the stocks.
To be born or be descended.
To be circulated or published.
To spring or proceed from a source. See Synonyms at stem1.
To terminate or result.
v.
tr.
To cause to flow out; emit.
To circulate or distribute in an official capacity: issued uniforms to the players.
To publish: issued periodic statements.
[Middle English, from Old French eissue, issue, from Vulgar Latin *exūta, alteration of Latin exita, feminine past participle of exīre, to go out : ex-, ex- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.] is'su·er n., is'sue·less adj.
n. problem. (In colloquial use, issue has virtually replaced the word problem. It is even heard in a few idioms such as Do you have an issue with that?) : I had an issue with my car this morning. It wouldn't start. , You are late again! Do you have an issue with our office hours?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History
issue (n.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. issue "a way out, exit," from fem. pp. of issir "to go out," from L. exire, from ex- "out" + ire "go." Meaning "discharge of blood or other fluid from the body" is from 1526; sense of "offspring" is from 1377. Meaning "outcome of an action" is attested from 1382; legal sense of "point in question at the conclusion of the presentation by both parties in a suit" (1308 in Anglo-Fr.) led to transf. sense of "a point to be decided" (1836). Meaning "action of sending into publication or circulation" is from 1833. The verb meaning "to flow out" (c.1300) is from O.Fr. issu, pp. of issir; sense of "to send out authoritatively" is from 1601; that of "to supply (someone with something)" is from 1925.
A particular grouping of an organization's securities. For example, General Motors has a number of different issues of preferred stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
issue
To sell securities in the primary market. For example, in late 1996, Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc., owner of the NHL hockey team, issued 2,700,000 Class A shares of common stock at a price of $10 per share.
Main Entry: is·sue Pronunciation: 'i-"shü, -"syü Function: noun 1plural: proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate) issues, and profits> 2: one or more lineal descendants issue> —compare CHILD, HEIR 3 a: a vital question or problem issue> issue of public safety> b: a matter of dispute between two or more parties; specifically: a single material point of fact or law in litigation that is affirmed by one side and denied by the other and that is a subject of the final determination (as by jury) of the proceedingsgenuine issue : an issue of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment NOTE: The burden is on the party moving for summary judgment to show that no genuine issue is in dispute.issue of fact : a dispute about a material fact that is raised by pleadings and that must be resolved by a decision under the law in order to become res judicataissue of law : a question specifically regarding the application of law to a case issues of law —United States v. Levine, 41 Federal Reporter, Third Series 607 (1994)> c: the point at which a legal matter is ready for determination (as by trial) issue> 4 a: the offering or selling of a group of securities by a corporation or government issue> b: the securities offered or sold in such a group issue>—at issuealsoin issue: under discussion or in dispute
Main Entry: is·sue Pronunciation: 'i-shü Function: verb Inflected Forms: is·sued; is·su·ing intransitive verb 1:ACCRUEissuing from the sale of the stock> 2: to become available or be put forth by authority issue> transitive verb : to put forth or distribute usually officially <issue a subpoena> <issue bonds> <issue credit> —is·su·ernoun
[ish-oo or, especially Brit., is-yoo] 
noun, verb, -sued, -su⋅ing.
