The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity). Synonyms:issue, issuing."The last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
... to the Reeds was Missouri; to others it was Illinois, or Iowa or Ohio. Day after day homesteaders left with their final receipt as title to their land, pending issuance of a government patent. Throwing back the type of the "dead" notices, I could almost tell who would be pulling out ... — Land of the Burnt Thigh • Edith Eudora Kohl
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