Real Dictionary

issue
If you are issued with something, it is officially given to you.
countable noun: An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
countable noun: An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published, for example, in a particular month or on a particular day.
singular noun: If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion.
verb: If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly.

issue in American English
an outgoing; outflow; passing out
noun: the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution

issue in British English
noun: the act of sending or giving out something; supply; delivery