My trusty navy-issue peacoat is old as hell
What does issue mean here?
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3It just means the peacoat was issued by the navy, as in standard army-issue– FumbleFingersOct 8, 2012 at 16:31
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1Related to Issue (sense 2) at Oxford Dictionaries– Andrew Leach ♦Oct 8, 2012 at 16:33
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OED 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’.
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1Yup; this is it – it means the jacket was given to him (or "issued by") the Navy. It also implies the jacket was originally a navy uniform item, probably one that stayed in use even after the speaker got out of the navy.– J.R.Oct 8, 2012 at 16:40
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Oh so in this case, the speaker made a typo should have been "navy-issued" instead of "navy-issue"?– TheoOct 8, 2012 at 17:00
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).
