issuance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

issuance
    n 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

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