issuern.
/ˈɪʃ(j)uːə/, /ˈɪsjuːə/, U.S. /ˈɪʃ(j)u(w)ər/ A person who or thing which issues something.
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the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver > giver out or dispenser
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance > one who issues
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > that which is sent out > sending out officially > one who
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c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 174 This is clepyd or seyd þe fadyr of enchauntmentis, tresur of myracclys, þe yessuer of vertuys.
1646 W. Prynne Minors No Senators 3 The compilers or issuers of this Writ.
1695 R. Ferguson Whether Parl. be not in Law Dissolved 40 The Writs being issued forth in his Name, whosoever were the Issuers of them.
1757 J. Harris Ess. Money & Coins i. ii. 98 The issuer of a bill..hath..to make it good in standard or lawful money.
1765 Act 5 Geo. III c. 49 Preamble Bank notes..in the option of the issuer or granter payable at the end of six months.
1854 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. III. xxxvi. 299 The issuer of the Lyme proclamation [sc. Monmouth].
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 2/1 ‘This is not a new loan’, the issuers tell us.
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. June 374/1 These men..seize upon the boxes and crates..arranging them under the direction of the supply officers' clerks and issuers.
1991 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 8 Jan. 16/5 The government-guaranteed Civil Aviation Authority is expected today to become the first issuer to enter the corporate bond market since November.
2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 12 Banks and other credit card issuers have found a way to claw back fees from new, more exclusive cards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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