See Also: Issue(money)
New issue(finance)
Hot issue(finance)
issue(1)(dictionary)
issue(2)(dictionary)
Big Issue, The(dictionary)
New Issue(money)
At Issue(law)
Issue(finance)
Hot Issue(money)

issue(1) (iou)



issue noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French issue, eissue from Proto-Romance, ult. from Latin EXITUS. In branch VI from the verb.]
I.
The action of going, passing, or flowing out; (power of) egress or exit; outgoing, outflow. ME.
J. Tyndall The whole volume..escaped from beneath the ice..forming a fine arch at its place of issue.
b. A sally, a sortie. L15-L17.
Medicine. A discharge of blood or other matter from the body, either due to disease or produced surgically by counterirritation; an incision or artificial ulcer made for the purpose of causing such a discharge. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
The termination or close of an action or proceeding or (formerly) a period of time. Now rare. L15.
W. Robertson Before the negotiations at Crespy were brought to an issue.
II.
A place or means of egress; a way out, an outlet. ME.
Thackeray As my Lady..passed through one door..my Lord..departed by another issue.
b. The point where a body of water flows out; the mouth of a river, the outlet of an inland sea, etc. Also, an outflowing stream. LME.
III.
Produce, proceeds; the profits arising from lands or tenements, amercements, or fines. obsolete exc. in Law. ME.
b. A fine; an order for levying this. LME-M18.
a. Offspring, progeny; a child, children; a descendant, descendants. Now chiefly in Law exc. with ref. to legal succession. LME
E. Linklater He married a Miss Harriet Dormer, by whom he had issue Hildebrand,..Cuthbert, and Anne.
b. A race, a stock, a breed. Only in 17.
c. A young animal. rare. L18.
The outcome or product of a practice or condition. E17.
W. Sanderson From an Artizan's excellencies, proceed those extravagant varieties..which are not the issues of an idle brain.
b. An action, a deed (in relation to the doer). rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar There shall I try, In my oration, how the people take The cruel issue of these bloody men.
IV.
The way an action or course of proceedings turns out; the event, a result, a consequence. LME.
R. Graves Pharas..doubted the issue of the day and wished to be in a neutral position.
b. The event or fortune happening to a person; luck in an undertaking. LME-M17.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar, Whose better issue in the war from Italy Upon the first encounter drave them.
c. The result of a discussion or examination of a question; a decision, a conclusion. LME-E18.
d. The outcome of an argument, evidence, etc. E17.
V.
Law. The point in question, at the conclusion of the pleadings between contending parties in an action, when one side affirms and the other denies. LME.
b. transf. A point on the decision of which something depends or is made to rest; a point or matter in contention between two parties. LME.
G. F. Kennan In Britain, the question of relations with Russia was a hotly contested issue. M. Scammell The main issue between them was still whether or not to have children.
c. A matter the decision of which involves important consequences. M19.
M. Foot Their pusillanimity in tackling the great issue of mass unemployment. Studio Week On an issue as vital as this there is no room for complacency.
d. A choice between alternatives, a dilemma. M19.
VI.
The action of issuing or giving or sending out officially or publicly banknotes, bonds, shares, postage stamps, certificates, etc. M19.
Leeds Mercury Larger powers of control should be given to the local authorities over the issue of the licenses.
b. The set number or amount of coins, notes, stamps, shares, copies of a newspaper, book, or periodical, etc., issued at one time, or distinguished in pattern, design, colour, content, or numbers, from those issued at another time. M19.
P. Howard The Times maintained publication and never lost an issue. What Investment The City Letter will tell you how..to invest, which issues to apply for.
c. An item or amount of something given out or distributed, esp. in the army. M19.
C. McCullough They were dressed in a new issue of jungle green. attrib.: Royal Air Force Journal I put on a pair of R.A.F. issue shoes. Guns & Weapons Whatever they bought had to fire issue ammunition.
Bibliography. A subdivision of an edition or of an impression constituting a distinct form of the edition (or impression) sheets, normally indicated by the provision of a new title-page, with or without other changes. E20.
A book issued in a library. Usu. in pl., as an item in statistics of books issued to borrowers. M20.
Phrases: at issue (a) Law in the position of parties of which one affirms and the other denies a point; gen. (of people or parties) taking opposite sides of a case or contrary views of a matter; (b) (of a matter or question) in dispute. bank of issue: see BANK noun3 3. collateral issue: see COLLATERAL adjective. false issue: see FALSE adjective. force the issue: see FORCE verb1. in the issue as things turn or turned out; in the event. issue of fact Law an issue raised by denying something alleged as a fact. issue of law Law an issue raised by conceding a fact alleged but denying the application of the law. join issue (a) Law (of the parties) submit an issue jointly for decision; (of one party) accept the issue tendered by the opposite party; (b) transf. accept or adopt a disputed point as the basis of argument in a controversy; proceed to argument with a person on a particular point, offered or selected; (c) take up a contrary view on or on a question. make an issue of make a fuss about, turn into a subject of contention. rights issue: see RIGHT noun1. side issue: see SIDE noun. take issue = join issue (b), (c) above. the issue, the whole issue slang everything, the lot.
issueless adjective without issue; esp. having no offspring: LME.