plural issues
1
b
: a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties
"… He insists that this was an issue over health care policy, not over the former vice president's age or agility. …"—Ed O'Keefe
They misquoted me, but I didn't want to make an issue of it.
see also take issue
c
: the point at which an unsettled matter is ready for a decision
brought the matter to an issue
2
a
: the thing or the whole quantity of things given out at one time
read the latest issue
b
: the act of publishing or officially giving out or making available
the next issue of commemorative stamps
issue of supplies by the quartermaster
4
: a discharge (as of blood) from the body
7
a
: something coming forth from a specified source
issues of a disordered imagination
b
obsolete
: deed
8
a
: a final outcome that usually constitutes a solution (as of a problem) or resolution (as of a difficulty)
b
obsolete
: a final conclusion or decision about something arrived at after consideration
c
archaic
: termination, end
hope that his enterprise would have a prosperous issue—T. B. Macaulay
9
issues plural
: proceeds from a source of revenue (such as an estate)
issued; issuing
1
a
: to put forth or distribute usually officially
government issued a new airmail stamp
issue orders
b
: to send out for sale or circulation : publish
c
British
: provide sense 1a, supply
1
a
: to go, come, or flow out
b
: to come forth : emerge
2
: accrue
profits issuing from the sale of the stock
4
: to appear or become available through being officially put forth or distributed
6
archaic
: to descend from a specified parent or ancestor
issuer
noun
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