issue

is•sue

[[t]ˈɪʃ u[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈɪs yu[/t]] n. v. -sued, -su•ing

1) the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution

2) a series of things or one of a series of things that is printed, published, or distributed at one time:

a new bond issue; the latest issue of a magazine[/ex]

3) a point in question or a matter that is in dispute

4) a matter or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance

5) a point at which a matter is ready for decision:

to bring a case to an issue[/ex]

6) something proceeding from any source, as a product, result, or consequence

7) the result or outcome of a proceeding, affair, etc

8) offspring; progeny:

to die without issue[/ex]

9) a going, coming, passing, or flowing out

10) a place or means of egress; outlet or exit

11) something that comes out, as an outflowing stream

12) a distribution of food rations, clothing, or equipment to military personnel

13) pat

a) a discharge of blood, pus, or the like

b) an incision, ulcer, or the like, emitting such a discharge

14) law issues, (in English law) the profits from land or other property

15) to deliver for use, sale, etc.; put into circulation

16) to mint, print, or publish for sale or distribution

17) to distribute (food, clothing, etc.) to military personnel

18) to send out; discharge; emit

19) to go, pass, or flow out; emerge:

to issue forth to battle[/ex]

20) to be sent, put forth, or distributed authoritatively or publicly

21) to be printed or published

22) to originate or proceed from any source

23) to arise as a result or consequence; result

24) law to be born or descended

25) law to come as a yield or profit, as from land

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- at issue join issue take issue

Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < MF: place or passage out is′sue•less, adj. is′su•er, n.