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Definition: Bank of issue
Issue
\Is"sue\ ([i^]sh"[-u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue,
fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from +
ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went,
used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf.
Ambition,
Count a
nobleman,
Commence,
Errant,
Exit,
Eyre,
Initial,
Yede went.]
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1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any
inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a
pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of
people from a house.
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2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery;
issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding
officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
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3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole
quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue
of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
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4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law,
sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from
a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
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If the king
Should without issue die. --Shak.
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5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or
other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a
term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
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6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20.
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7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy
part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and
discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
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8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event;
hence, contest; test; trial.
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Come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. --Shak.
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While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak.
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9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take
affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of
alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of
contention; a matter in controversy.
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10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact
depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one
side and denied on the other, is presented for
determination. See
General issue, under
General, and
Feigned issue, under
Feigned. --Blount. Cowell.
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At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting;
hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
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As much at issue with the summer day
As if you brought a candle out of doors. --Mrs.
Browning.
Bank of issue,
Collateral issue, etc. See under
Bank,
Collateral, etc.
Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain
irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and
discharge of pus.
To join issue, or
To take issue, to take opposing sides
in a matter in controversy.
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Bank
\Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
bench, OHG. banch. See
Bench, and cf.
Banco,
Beach.]
1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or
issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of
funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution
incorporated for performing one or more of such functions,
or the stockholders (or their representatives, the
directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
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2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
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3. A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a
joint stock or capital.
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Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
master of his own money. --Bacon.
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4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer
or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and
pay his losses.
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5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of
money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which
they pay fines.
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6. a place where something is stored and held available for
future use; specifically, an organization that stores
biological products for medical needs; as, a blood bank,
an organ bank, a sperm bank.
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Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
certain extent agreed upon.
Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe
keeping.
Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
bearer.
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