issue

pronunciation

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Noun:

an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
one of a series published periodically
the provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity)
some situation or event that is thought about
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
the immediate descendants of a person
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
the income arising from land or other property
the becoming visible
an opening that permits escape or release
the act of issuing printed materials
Verb:

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
circulate or distribute or equip with
bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
come out of
make out and issue

Word Origin

issue: issue: [13] The words issue and exit are closely related etymologically. Both go back ultimately to the Latin verb exīre ‘go out’. Its past participle exitus became in Vulgar Latin exūtus, whose feminine form exūta was used as a noun meaning ‘going out, exit’. This passed into Old French as eissue, later issue, and thence into English.The original literal sense of the word still survives in English, particularly in relation to the outflow of liquid, but has been overtaken in frequency by various metaphorical extensions denoting a ‘giving out’ – such as the ‘issue’ of a book or magazine. The sense ‘point of discussion or consideration’ probably comes from a medieval legal expression join issue, which originally meant ‘jointly submit a disputed matter to the decision of the court’, and hence ‘argue about something’.=> exit

issue (n.): c. 1300, "exit, a going out, flowing out," from Old French issue "a way out, exit," from fem. past participle of issir "to go out," from Latin exire (source also of Italian uscire, Catalan exir), from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ire "to go," from PIE root *ei- "to go" (see ion). Meaning "discharge of blood or other fluid from the body" is from 1520s; sense of "offspring" is from late 14c. Meaning "outcome of an action" is attested from late 14c., probably from French; legal sense of "point in question at the conclusion of the presentation by both parties in a suit" (early 14c. in Anglo-French) led to transferred sense of "a point to be decided" (1836). Meaning "action of sending into publication or circulation" is from 1833.

issue (v.): c. 1300, "to flow out," from issue (n.) or else from Old French issu, past participle of issir; sense of "to send out authoritatively" is from c. 1600; that of "to supply (someone with something)" is from 1925. Related: Issued; issuing.

2. " Did you read the latest issue of -- the asian edition of the economist ?

3. In fact , public companies aren 't even legally required to issue quarterly guidance or hold analyst calls .