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issuer

/ˈɪʃuːə/IH-shoo-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɪʃuɚ/IH-shoo-ur

Meaningone who issues

Common meaning: a body that issues shares, cards or notes

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchissuesource
  2. Middle Englishisswesource
  3. Englishissue‘an outcome’
  4. Englishformed in English from issueissuer‘a body that issues shares, cards or notes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from issue + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ISSUE, p.303 · scan

Source words

  • issue Old French · source word “a going out”

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