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Business Definition for: Issue

  • a set of stocks or bonds that a company offers for sale at one time

Wiktionary Definition for: Issue

  • The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed 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.
  • 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. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned. Blount. Cowell. 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.
  • To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed 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 close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
  • 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.
  • An exit, a way out
  • Ex: ''En cas de danger, empruntez l''''issue''' de secours.'' (In case of danger, use the emergency exit.)
  • The final outcome or result.
  • Ex: ''L''''issue''' de cette bataille est incertaine.'' (The outcome of this battle is uncertain.)

Additional Resources

A Food and Drug Administration draft report recommends bottled water labels contain data on the contents and information on how to contact the bottler.(Brief Article)
FDA is expected to issue a final report on the issue later this year. FDA is expected to issue a final report on the issue later this year.
Tags: FDA
Research articles 2000-04-01
Advertisers Filling Up Pages for YMs MTV-themed Issue - Brief Article
NEW YORK--VM publishes its second MTV-themed issue next month. The April issue, which hits stands March 6, features pop band 0-Town on the cover and music-related editorial written with input from the staff of Total Request Live and VJs Anonda Lewis and Carson Daly. Ad revenues for the issue, which...
Tags: MTV
Research articles 2001-02-19
Shielding for EMI control ... and how to do it right. (electromagnetic interference) (The Designer's Guide to Electromagnetic Compatibility) (Tutorial)
Many designers consider shielding a mechanical issue, not an electrical issue. Let the mechanical engineers worry about shielding, right? But, as we'll see in this article, shielding is also an electrical issue, and it is a very important weapon Many designers...
Tags: EMI Group Plc., shield
Research articles 1994-01-20
Options Valuation And Governance: What’s Good For The Goose …
Organizations issue stock options in order to procure capital from the market. This capital is used in the development of the organization and for maximizing the shareholder returns. However, some discrepancies prevail in measuring the economic cost of stock options to the shareholders. Lately, options valuations and reporting has become...
Tags: Stock Option, Valuation, Marakon Associates, Stock Options, Investment, Financial Accounting, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
Business 2.0 Magazine August 2005 Issue Highlights; Special Global Issue: ``The 29 Best Business Ideas in the World''
SAN FRANCISCO -- For this year's second annual global issue, Business 2.0's editors and writers have scoured the world and returned to report on the most innovative ideas and business strategies the planet has to offer. Operating in a foreign culture shakes up so many assumptions that one can't help...
Tags: Business 2.0
Research articles 2005-08-01
The Korea Development Bank completes $500 million global bond issue through J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 7, 1996--The Korea Development Bank KDB today completed a $500 million global bond issue. The issue, KDB's fifth global bond, was the first sovereign Korean benchmark bond issue since Korea was invited to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. J.P. Morgan and...
Tags: bank, bond, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 1996-11-07
Daimler-Benz completes $500 million debut Yankee issue through J.P. Morgan
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1996--Daimler-Benz North America Corporation today completed a $500 million public Yankee bond issue under its newly established $1 billion U.S. medium-term-note program. The issue is fully guaranteed by its parent, Daimler-Benz AG, and has a senior rating of A1 by Moody's Investor Service and A+...
Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Research articles 1996-09-18
MS02-066: cumulative patch for Internet Explorer. (Microsoft).
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
Research articles 2003-01-01
As Congress winds down, post-mortems proliferate. (health care reform issue not finished) (Column)
Health care reform legislation may not have passed its first round with Congress, but it is sure to remain an issue both as a legislative issue and as an issue that will heavily affect 1996 presidential campaigns. In the meantime,it is likely that health Health care reform legislation may not...
Tags: health care, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1994-10-10
MS02-056: cumulative patch for SQL server. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, server
Research articles 2002-11-01
MS02-047: cumulative patch for Internet Explorer. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
Research articles 2002-10-01
MS02-068: cumulative patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
Research articles 2003-02-01
MS02-062: cumulative patch for Internet Information Service. (Microsoft).
Issue Issue
Tags: Internet, Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2002-12-01
MS02-044: unsafe functions in office web components. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web
Research articles 2002-10-01
MS02-050: certificate validation flaw could enable identity spoofing. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2002-10-01
MS02-043: cumulative patch for structured query language server. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., server, SQL
Research articles 2002-10-01
MS02-041: three vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could enable attackers to run code of their choice. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2002-10-01
MS02-061: elevation of privilege in SQL server web tasks. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Web
Research articles 2002-12-01
SLM Corporation Announces Senior Unsecured Note Issue
Issue Diversifies Company's Funding Sources
Tags: SLM Corp.
Research articles 2008-06-12
MS02-022: Unchecked buffer in MSN Chat control can lead to code execution.(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: MSN
Research articles 2002-07-01
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