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noun an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)
originEtymology tree English issue Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English issuer From issue + -er.
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