Definition of issue

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TeachMeFinance.com - explain issue



issue -- any of a company's or agency's securities, usually grouped by the same initial sales date. Also, the act of distributing such securities to the buyers.

historic definition...

Issue -- When applied to negotiable instruments the term issue means the first delivery of the instrument complete in form to a person who takes it as a holder; when applied to securities the term means the outstanding stock or bonds of a company.



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