issue

Noun

• the act of issuing printed materials

• an opening that permits escape or release
  • he blocked the way out
    
  • the canyon had only one issue
    

• the becoming visible
  • not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
    

• the immediate descendants of a person
  • she was the mother of many offspring
    
  • he died without issue
    

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
    
  • his decision had depressing consequences for business
    
  • he acted very wise after the event
    

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  • the average return was about 5%
    

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

• the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
  • a new issue of stamps
    
  • the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
    

• some situation or event that is thought about
  • he kept drifting off the topic
    
  • he had been thinking about the subject for several years
    
  • it is a matter for the police
    

• one of a series published periodically
  • she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
    

• an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
  • the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone
    
  • politicians never discuss the real issues
    

Verb

• make out and issue
  • write out a check
    
  • cut a ticket
    
  • Please make the check out to me
    

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

• bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

• circulate or distribute or equip with
  • issue a new uniform to the children
    
  • supply blankets for the beds
    

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
  • publish a magazine or newspaper
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  publication , exit , outlet , way out , emergence , egress , offspring , progeny , consequence , effect , outcome , result , event , upshot , return , take , takings , proceeds , yield , payoff , military issue , government issue , issuing , issuance , topic , subject , matter , number , write out , make out , cut