issue

Definitions of issue in various dictionaries:

noun - an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

noun - one of a series published periodically

noun - some situation or event that is thought about

noun - the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

noun - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

noun - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

noun - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

noun - the immediate descendants of a person

noun - the becoming visible

noun - an opening that permits escape or release

noun - the act of issuing printed materials

verb - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

verb - circulate or distribute or equip with

verb - bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

verb - come out of

verb - 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