issue has definitions from the fields of printing,business,writing,finance,news
1
[ noun ] an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

Examples

"the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone" "politicians never discuss the real issues"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Vandiver likely will mention the $ 100 million highway bond issue approved earlier in the session as his first priority item .

The bond issue will go to the state courts for a friendly test_suit to test the validity of the act , and_then the sales will begin and contracts let for repair work on some of Georgia 's most heavily traveled highways .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

This is an issue which boils_down to a matter of opinion , depending_on whether you 're an American or National fan and anti or pro Yankee .

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

The race_problem has tended to obscure other , less emotional , issues which may fundamentally be even more divisive .

Among Bourbons the racial issue may have less to do with their remaining unreconstructed than other factors .

Related terms

content quodlibet

2
[ noun ] (writing) one of a series published periodically

Synonyms

number

Examples

"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom"

Used in print

(Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)

The London_Universe devoted its centenary issue last December 8 to mapping_out various aspects of Catholic progress during the last one_hundred years .

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

There 's Gaetan_d'Amours who is our newest Mr._Canada ; Jean-Paul_Senesac , whose story appeared here two issues ago ; Jack_Boissoneault , who was with us last month ; Charles_Harve , who recently won the `` Most Muscular Man '' subdivision award in the Mr._Canada event ; and a host of others .

Related terms

periodical edition series

3
[ noun ] the provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity)

Synonyms

issuance issuing

Examples

"a new issue of stamps" "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

The final step was a vote for a $ 230000 bond issue for the construction of a sewage_system by the 1959 town_meeting , later confirmed by a two-thirds vote at a special town_meeting June_21 , 1960 .

Related terms

provision stock_issue

4
[ noun ] some situation or event that is thought about

Synonyms

subject matter topic

Examples

"he kept drifting off the topic" "he had been thinking about the subject for several years" "it is a matter for the police"

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Why , oh why , does n't he stick_to preaching the Gospel , instead of meddling in civic affairs , politics , economics , and social issues that are no concern of the Church '' ?

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[ verb ] (news) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Examples

"publish a magazine or newspaper"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Meanwhile , it was learned the State_Highway_Department is very near being ready to issue the first $ 30 million worth of highway reconstruction bonds .

The department apparently intends to make the Rural_Roads_Authority a revolving_fund under which new bonds would be issued every time a portion of the old ones are paid_off by tax authorities .

The Highway_Department source told The_Constitution , however , that Vandiver has not been consulted yet about the plans to issue the new rural roads bonds .

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

There 's more specialization and a narrower purpose in two albums recently issued by Dover_Publications .

("Editorials"...)

They are leaving so fast that the president of the West_German_Employers'_Federation issued an appeal this week to factory_workers in the West to volunteer for six months ' front-line work in factories in West_Berlin .

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[ verb ] circulate or distribute or equip with

Synonyms

supply

Examples

"issue a new uniform to the children" "supply blankets for the beds"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Three weeks later following his recovery , armed with a writ issued by the Catskill justice on affidavits prepared by the district_attorney , Cook and Russell rode to arrest Martinez .

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

The Manchester_Depot_Sewer_Company issued 214 shares of stock at $ 10 each for construction of a sewer in that locality , and assessments were made for its maintenance .

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[ verb ] bring out an official document,such as a warrant

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Heydrich , in opening the Conference , followed the reasoning and even the phraseology of the order issued earlier by Goering which authorized the Final_Solution as `` a complement to '' previous `` solutions '' for eliminating the Jews from German living_space through violence , economic_strangulation , forced emigration , and evacuation .

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

In 1920 , the Lambeth_Conference repeated its 1908 condemnation of contraception and issued `` an emphatic warning against the use of unnatural means for the avoidance of conception , together_with the grave dangers - physical , moral , and religious - thereby incurred , and against the evils which the extension of such use threaten the race '' .

(Statements 87th Congress, 1st Session. Appropriations,...)

The Secretary_of_the_Interior may issue rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of_this Act .

Related terms

communicate

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[ verb ] come out of

Examples

"Water issued from the hole in the wall" "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

Used in print

(Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)

We do_well to remind ourselves that from men and women of New_England ancestry also issued the Church of Jesus_Christ of Latter Day_Saints , the Seventh_Day_Adventists , Christian_Science , the American_Board of Commissioners for Foreign_Missions , the American_Home_Missionary_Society , the American_Bible_Society , and New_England theology .

Finney himself , while opposed to slavery , placed his chief emphasis on evangelism , but from his converts issued much of the leadership of the anti-slavery campaign .

(Idwal Jones, "Santa Cruz Run"...)

An agreeable ease suffused Vernon and the passengers of the tallyho , from which there issued clouds of smoke .

(Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)

Shell people used their own vocal_cords and diaphragms but sound issued through microphones rather_than mouths .

(Thomas Anderson, Here Comes Pete Now....)

The sounds issuing from beyond - winches whirring , men shouting - indicated great activity and excited me .

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[ noun ] (finance,business) supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

Related terms

store stores military

10
[ noun ] the immediate descendants of a person

Synonyms

offspring progeny

Examples

"she was the mother of many offspring" "he died without issue"

11
[ noun ] a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Examples

"the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise" "his decision had depressing consequences for business" "he acted very wise after the event"

12
[ verb ] (writing) make out and issue

Examples

"write out a check" "cut a ticket" "Please make the check out to me"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

A Highway_Department source said there also is a plan there to issue some $ 3 million to $ 4 million worth of Rural_Roads_Authority bonds for rural road construction work .

Related terms

write check

13
[ noun ] (business) the income arising from land or other property

Examples

"the average return was about 5%"

14
[ noun ] the becoming visible

Synonyms

emergence egress

Examples

"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

15
[ noun ] an opening that permits escape or release

Synonyms

way_out exit outlet

Examples

"he blocked the way out" "the canyon had only one issue"

Related terms

opening outfall

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[ noun ] (printing,business) the act of issuing printed materials

Synonyms

publication

Related terms

printing print publish

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