Definition of "issue" []

• The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out. (noun)
• The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds. (noun)
• Something produced, published, or offered, as: (noun)
• An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau. (noun)
• A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine. (noun)

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• "I do not see how it's a racial issue: it's a *people issue*, one of the many many Stupid Human Tricks available to us all."
• ""The MUI must issue a fatwa * on the issue* if there is a request from an institution or individual."
• "Cyprus apart, the main issue is Europe's own economic travail."