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English
Etymology
From Old French issue, eissue (“‘a way out or exit’”), past participle of issir, itself from from Latin exeō (“‘go out’”), from prefix ex- (“‘out of’”) + eō (“‘go’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular issue |
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issue (plural issues)
- The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
- The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
- That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
- Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
- Member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, VA. The Issues are now known as the Monacan Indians.
- Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
- A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20.
- (medicine) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
- The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
- A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
- (law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
- (finance) A financial instrument in a company, such as a bond, stock or other security; the emission of such an instrument.
- (euphemism) A problem or concern.
- He or She has health issues.
Derived terms
- (legal): general issue; feigned issue
Verb
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Infinitive to issue |
Third person singular issues |
Simple past issued |
Past participle issued |
Present participle issuing |
to issue (third-person singular simple present issues, present participle issuing, simple past and past participle issued)
- To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any enclosed place.
- To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
- To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
- To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
- To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
- To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
- To turn out (in a given way); to have a specified issue or result, to result (in).
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 171:
- But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues, of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 171:
- (law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
- To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
- To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
- To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
Derived terms
Translations
To pass or flow out; to run out
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References
- issue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
issue f. (plural issues)
- An exit, a way out
- En cas de danger, empruntez l’issue de secours. (In case of danger, use the emergency exit.)
- The final outcome or result.
- L’issue de cette bataille est incertaine. (The outcome of this battle is uncertain.)
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