My trusty navy-issue peacoat is old as hell
What does issue mean here?
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Sign up to join this communityOED sense 15c for issue reads:
An item or amount of something given out or distributed. orig. U.S.
And gives this specific example (amongst others):
- 1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 ― Anything supplied by the Army was an ‘issue’.
For completeness, consider also these senses of issue, from here:
4[UNCOUNTABLE] FORMAL the act of officially giving something to someone the issue of visitors' permits
a. something that is given to every member of a group She was wearing the heavy black jacket that was standard police issue.
5[UNCOUNTABLE] LEGAL someone's children He died without issue (=with no children).