Meanings
nounissuance (countable and uncountable, plural issuances)
plural issuances
- countableuncountableThe act of issuing, or giving out.
the issuance of rations
1 more example
the issuance of an order
- countableuncountableSomething issued.
A cover of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin" held down the number-96 slot for a week in 1964, but later issuances did not do as well.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 151
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Latineō
- Latinexeō
- Old Frenchissir
- Old Frenchissue
- Middle Englishissue
- Englishissue
- Englishissuance
Translations
Czech vystavení
- vystaveníact of issuing
Esperanto elsendo
- elsendoact of issuing
Finnish liikkeellelasku
- liikkeellelaskuact of issuing
French émission
- émissionact of issuing
German Ausgabe
- Ausgabeact of issuing
Irish eisiúint
- eisiúintact of issuing
Māori whakaputanga
- whakaputangaact of issuing
Polish wydanie
- wydanieact of issuing
Portuguese emissão
- emissãoact of issuing
Russian вы́дача, вы́пуск
- вы́дача (výdača)act of issuing
- вы́пуск (výpusk)act of issuing
- изда́ние (izdánije)act of issuing
Ukrainian ви́дача, ви́пуск
- ви́дача (výdača)act of issuing
- ви́пуск (výpusk)act of issuing
- вида́ння (vydánnja)act of issuing
Cite this entry
APA
issuance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuance
MLA
“issuance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “issuance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/issuance.
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