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issuance

American  
[ish-oo-uhns] / ˈɪʃ u əns /

noun

  • issuances
    plural
  1. the act of issuing.

  2. issue.


issuance British  
/ ˈɪʃjʊəns /

noun

  1. the act of issuing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of issuance

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; issue + -ance


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U.S. stocks could face a serious test in 2027 as a tsunami of new equity issuance threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence-driven bull market, according to hedge-fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Investors are also wary about France’s significant volume of upcoming government bond issuance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Client feedback suggests 35%-40% odds of supply cuts” to 20-year to 30-year issuance at the November refunding, the BofA rates-strategy team wrote in an Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

When that happens, companies tend to rethink their borrowing needs, which can result in a pullback in bond issuance or more issuance for shorter periods of 10 years or less, King noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The reasons, York surmised, were Teller’s association with Livermore and the AEC’s “absurdly strict secrecy policy,” which prevented the issuance of even a simple clarification of the roles of the two laboratories.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The rise in rates has contributed to increases in bond yields on the short end of the curve, which has been seeing issuances in greater numbers, Dabla-Norris said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

With no end in sight for debt issuances, borrowing costs for AI projects will likely stay high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Big Tech companies have been swept up in a flurry of debt and equity issuances to secure capital for their AI ambitions — often to buy Nvidia chips to outfit their data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

This creates a wide range of choices for bond buyers, with issuances having varied risk profiles and interest rates.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

In recognition of Hungary's improved macro-economic situation, all major credit-rating agencies listed the country's foreign currency debt issuances as investment grade in 1996.

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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