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is⋅sue

[ish-oo or, especially Brit., is-yoo]

noun, verb, -sued, -su⋅ing.

–noun

1.	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 exitus exit; (v.) ME issuen, deriv. of the n., or < MF, OF (e)issu, ptp. of issir to go out (≪ L exīre); see exit

Related forms:

is⋅sue⋅less, adjective

is⋅su⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. copy, edition, printing. 5-7. crux. 6, 7. problem, question. 10. upshot, conclusion, end. 24. See emerge. 27. flow, emanate, arise, spring. 28. ensue.

Antonyms:
24. return.

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is·sue (ĭsh'ōō)

1. The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out.
2. The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds.
3. An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau.
4. A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine.
5. A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.
6. A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.
7. Proceeds from estates or fines.
8. Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.
9. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues.
10. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues.
11. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
12. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care.
13. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.
14. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
15. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
Something produced, published, or offered, as:
1. An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau.
2. A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine.
3. A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.
4. A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.
5. Proceeds from estates or fines.
6. Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.
7. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues.
8. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues.
9. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
10. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care.
11. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.
12. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
13. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
Offspring; progeny: died without issue.
1. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues.
2. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues.
3. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
4. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care.
5. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.
6. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
7. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
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
1. A discharge, as of blood or pus.
2. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
Archaic Termination; close.

v. is·sued, is·su·ing, is·sues

v. intr.

To go or come out. See Synonyms at appear.
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.

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Issue

Is"sue\, n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. Ambition, Count a nobleman, Commence, Errant, Exit, Eyre, Initial, Yede went.]

1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.

2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.

3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.

4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.

If the king Should without issue die. --Shak.

5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.

6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20.

7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.

8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.

Come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak.

While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak.

9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.

10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned. --Blount. Cowell.

At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.

As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. --Mrs. Browning.

Bank of issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc.

Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.

To join, or take, issue, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy.

Issue

Is"sue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Issued; p. pr. & vb. n. Issuing.]

Issue

Is"sue\, v. t. 1. To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.

2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.

3. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.

Language Translation for : issue

Spanish: distribuir,

German: (her)ausgeben,

Japanese: 配布する

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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.

issue

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
1 plural : 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 proceedings

genuine 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 judicata

issue 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 issue also in 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 : ACCRUE issuing 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·er noun

Main Entry: is·sue
Pronunciation: 'ish-(")ü, chiefly Brit 'is-(")yü
Function: noun
1 : PROGENY
2 a : a discharge (as of blood) from the body that is caused by disease or other physical disorder orthat is produced artificially issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians —Lk 8:43 (AV)> b : an incision made toproduce such a discharge

issue is·sue (ĭsh'&oomacr;)
n.

A discharge, as of blood or pus.
A lesion, a wound, or an ulcer that produces a discharge of this sort.

issue

see at issue; take issue with.

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