Entry Word: issue

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause <one of the issues of the Civil War was the resolution to the question of statesʼ rights> — see effect 1
2 a place or means of going out <since the lake is the issue of the polluted river, it is becoming polluted as well> — see exit 1
3 the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <someone who dies without issue might have their estate turned over to the state> — see offspring