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Issue

noun

1.

An important question that is in dispute and must be settled. "Politicians never discuss the real issues"

2.

One of a series published periodically. Synonym: number.

3.

Some situation or event that is thought about. Synonyms: matter, subject, topic. "He had been thinking about the subject for several years" , "It is a matter for the police"

4.

The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity). Synonyms: issuance, issuing. "The last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

5.

Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government. Synonyms: government issue, military issue.

6.

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. Synonyms: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield.

7.

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot. "His decision had depressing consequences for business" , "He acted very wise after the event"

8.

The immediate descendants of a person. Synonyms: offspring, progeny. "He died without issue"

9.

The becoming visible. Synonyms: egress, emergence.

10.

An opening that permits escape or release. Synonyms: exit, outlet, way out. "The canyon had only one issue"

11.

The act of issuing printed materials. Synonym: publication.

verb

(past & past part. issued; pres. part. issuing)

1.

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. Synonyms: bring out, publish, put out, release.

2.

Circulate or distribute or equip with. Synonym: supply. "Supply blankets for the beds"

3.

Bring out an official document (such as a warrant).

4.

Come out of. Synonyms: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth. "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

5.

Make out and issue. Synonyms: cut, make out, write out. "Cut a ticket" , "Please make the check out to me"

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"Issue" Quotes from Famous Books

... latest play, "Professor Bernhardi," to deal directly with the situation of the Jew within a community with strong anti-Semitic tendencies, he does not appear able to keep his mind fixed on that particular issue. He starts to discuss it, and does so with a clearness and fairness that have not been equaled since the days of Lessing—and then he drifts off in a new direction. The mutual opposition between Jews and Catholics becomes an opposition between the skeptical and the mystical ...

— The Lonely Way--Intermezzo--Countess Mizzie - Three Plays • Arthur Schnitzler

... Mr. Nebett," the boy replied. "I told Mr. Arverne that the Census Bureau did issue special bulletins on selected industries, and that perhaps I might have an opportunity to make use of some information. But that's a personal idea of mine only, because most of those bulletins are written by experts in ...

— The Boy With the U.S. Census • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... of a possible settlement. Gradually he worked into more serious lines, and with vivid language, putting the case for the opposite side, gently bringing their minds by degrees further and further away from the point—the real point of issue. ...

— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh

... depression is a challenge to every manufacturer to put more brains into his business—to overcome by management what other people try to overcome by wage reduction. To tamper with wages before all else is changed, is to evade the real issue. And if the real issue is tackled first, no reduction of wages may be necessary. That has been my experience. The immediate practical point is that, in the process of adjustment, someone will have to take a loss. And who can take a loss except those who have something which they can afford to lose? ...

— My Life and Work • Henry Ford

... of being placed before the reader. If Nebuchadnezzar had quarrels with the Persians, or the Arabians, or the Medes, or the tribes in Mount Zagros, as is not improbable, nothing is now known of their course or issue. Until some historical document belonging to his time shall be discovered, we must be content with a very partial knowledge of the external history of Babylon during his reign. We have a tolerably full ...

— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon • George Rawlinson

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