1. The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
   "The issuing of new passports was delayed due to technical problems";
   - issue, issuance

1. Bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
   "The court issued a warrant for his arrest"
    
2. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   "issue a magazine or newspaper";
   - publish, bring out, put out, release, drop [informal]
    
3. Circulate, distribute or equip with
   "issue a new uniform to the children";
   - supply
    
4. Come out of
   "Water issued from the hole in the wall";
   - emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
    
5. Fill in and give as payment
   "issue a check";
   - write out, make out, cut

Type of: air, bare, come, come up, communicate, distribute, intercommunicate, provision, publicise [Brit], publicize, supply, write

Antonym: recall

Encyclopedia: Issue, Maryland