Definitions of issue in various dictionaries:
noun -
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
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one of a series published periodically
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some situation or event that is thought about
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the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
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supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
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the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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the immediate descendants of a person
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the becoming visible
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an opening that permits escape or release
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the act of issuing printed materials
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prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
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circulate or distribute or equip with
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bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
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come out of
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make out and issue
The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out.
The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds.
An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau.
A single copy of a periodical: the March issue of the magazine.
A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.
A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.
Proceeds from estates or fines.
Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.
Offspring; progeny: died without issue.
A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues.
A matter of public concern: refused to address the economic issues.
The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care.
A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.
A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea.
Pathology.
A discharge, as of blood or pus.
A lesion, a wound, or an ulcer producing such a discharge.
Termination; close.
To go or come out.
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.
To terminate or result.
To cause to flow out; emit.
To circulate or distribute in an official capacity: issued uniforms to the players.
To publish: issued periodic statements.
In question; in dispute: “Many people fail to grasp what is really at issue here” (Gail Sheehy).
At variance; in disagreement.
To enter into controversy.
To submit an issue for decision.
verb - to come forth