The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" [syn: issue, issuing, issuance]
Issuance \Is"su*ance\ ([i^]sh"[-u]*ans), n.
The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an
order; the issuance of rations, and the like.
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