issue
Cross references:
1. effect 2. spring
1. is.sue also in issue \'ish-(.)u:, 'ish-u., chiefly Brit 'is-(.)yu:,
-yu.\ n [ME, exit, proceeds, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. issir to come out, go out,
fr. L] exire to go out, fr. ex- + ire to go; akin to Goth iddja he went, Gk
ienai to go, Skt eti he goes pl 1: proceeds from a source of revenue (as
an estate) 2: the action of going, coming, or flowing out : EGRESS,
EMERGEN CE 3: a means or place of going out : EXIT, OUTLET 4: OFFSPRING,
PROGENY 5a: final outcome : RESULT obs 5b: a final conclusion or
decision about something arrived at after conside ration archaic 5c:
TERMINATION, END {hope that his enterprise would have a p rosperous ~
-T.B.Macaulay} 6a: a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties
: a point of debate or controversy 6b: the point at which an unsettled
matter is ready for a decision {broug ht the matter to an ~} 7: a discharge
(as of blood) from the body 8a: something coming forth from a specified
source {~s of a d isordered imagination} obs 8b: DEED 9a: the act of
officially giving out or printing (as new currency, supplies , an order) :
PUBLICATION 9b: the thing or the whole quantity of things given out at one
time {new ~ of stamps} {stock ~} 1: in a state of controversy : in
disagreement 2: under discussion or in dispute - at issue
2. issue vi 1a: to go, come, or flow out 1b: to come forth : EMERGE 1c:
to come to an issue of law or fact in pleading 2: ACCRUE 3: to descend
from a specified parent or ancestor 4: to be a consequence or final
outcome : EMANATE, RESULT 5: to appear or become available through being
officially put forth or dis tributed : appear through issuance or
publication 6: EVENTUATE, TERMINATE 1: to cause to come forth : DISCHARGE,
EMIT 2a: to put forth or distribute officially {government issued a new
airmail stamp} {~ orders to advance} 2b: to send out for sale or
circulation : PUBLISH - is.su.er n
Webster's English Dictionary