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As nouns the difference between issue and draft

is that issue is a monacan indian; a member of a mestee group originating in amherst county, virginia while draft is an early version of a written work.

As a verb draft is

to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.

As an adjective draft is

(not comparable) referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

issue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
  • * 1599 ,
  • Why had I not with charitable hand
    Took up a beggar's issue at my gates
  • 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.
  • A discharge of flux, as of blood.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year = 1611 , title = , section = , passage = And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: }}
  • An opening or outlet, providing for an exit or egress.
  • * 1881 , :
  • How if there were no centre at all, but just one alley after another, and the whole world a labyrinth without end or issue ?
  • (medicine) 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.
  • The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Come forth to view / The issue of the exploit.
  • * Shakespeare
  • While it is hot, I'll put it to the issue .
  • 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.
  • (legal) 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.
  • (finance) A financial instrument in a company, such as a bond, stock or other security; the emission of such an instrument.
  • (euphemistic) A problem or concern, usually of a mental nature.
  • He has issues .
  • An instalment of a periodical; a specific instance of a regular publication
  • The July issue of the magazine is in shops now.

    Derived terms

    * feigned issue * general issue * reissue * side issue * wedge issue

    Verb

    (issu)
  • To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any enclosed place.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
  • There was a very light off-shore wind and scarcely any breakers, so that the approach to the shore was continued without finding bottom; yet though we were already quite close, we saw no indication of any indention in the coast from which even a tiny brooklet might issue , and certainly no mouth of a large river such as this must necessarily be to freshen the ocean even two hundred yards from shore.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
  • A powerful current of warm breath issued at regular intervals from the profound cavity of his mouth while in rhythmic resonance the loud strong hale reverberations of his formidable heart thundered rumblingly...
  • To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
  • To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
  • To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
  • * Bible, 2 Kings xx. 18
  • thy sons that shall issue from thee
  • To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
  • To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
  • To turn out (in a given way); to have a specified issue or result, to result (in).
  • * 2007 , John Burrow, A History of Histories , Penguin 2009, p. 171:
  • But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues , of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins.
  • (legal) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
  • To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
  • To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
  • To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
  • Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.

    Synonyms

    * (to give out) (l)

    Derived terms

    * issuable * issuer

    See also

    * (wikipedia "issue")

    References

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    Anagrams

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    draft

    English

    (see draught)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An early version of a written work
  • I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
  • A preliminary sketch, rough outline
  • His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
  • (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught].
  • A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught].
  • Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
  • A cheque, an order for money to be paid
  • An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
  • She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
  • conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
  • He left the country to avoid the draft .
  • (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams
  • (rail transport) the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
  • Synonyms

    * (mouthful of liquid) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  • to write a law
  • to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
  • * He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
  • to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
  • * The calves were drafted from the cows.
  • (politics) to force or convince a person to take an elected position they are not interested in
  • * They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
  • (sports) to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
  • * After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
  • To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.
  • the act of drawing fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
  • I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

    Noun

    (nb-noun-n3)
  • nautical chart
  • Usage notes

    Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer [http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=draft&sourceid=Mozilla-search].

    Synonyms

    * * kystkart ----