ISSUANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does issuance mean? 

• ISSUANCE (noun)
  The noun ISSUANCE has 1 sense:

1. the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

  Familiarity information: ISSUANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISSUANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

issuance; issue; issuing

Context example:

the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago

Hypernyms ("issuance" is a kind of...):

provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issuance"):

stock issue ((corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time)

 Context examples 

Donor re-entry request: An applicant's request to re-enter a deferred donor when regulations and/or guidance do not provide a qualification method or process for their specific situation. (21 CFR 610.41(b)) License re-issuance: request from applicant to change legal name.

(Correspondence, Food and Drug Administration)