Cannot find the word

[Abusaad]

Hello,

"Issuance" is a word too frequently used as the noun of "issue" in the Pakistan Press but I cannot find the word in the COD.

Does any such word exist in English?

With regards
Abu Saad

[Tdol]

As a British Speaker, I don't use it and haven't come across it here.

[MehmetBaskan]

I know the meaning of this word:


Issuance:n.act of sending out;act of distributing

[Casiopea]

[QUOTE=Abusaad]Does any such word exist in English?[/QUOTE
In addition, I agree with tdol. I haven't heard, read, or used the word issuance (pronounced, [I'shu:'Ins]) either, and I speak North American English. In my line of work, which is Education, I'm not used to hearing issurance. The reason being, it's used in Business, mostly. So, if I worked in the Business world, I'd probably use, read, and hear issurance now and then.

Check out this wonderful site for examples of issurance in North American English: http://search.lycos.com/?src=gc&loc=...e%2Bdictionary

[Casiopea]

Mehmet, you seem to have misunderstood the poster's question. It's not about the meaning of issuance per se ; it's about its frequency of occurrence among English dialects. Please take time to read the question before feeling the need to reply.

All the best,