government issue

American  

Or government-issue

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.

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government issue British  

adjective

1. supplied by a government or government agency

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Etymology

Origin of government issue

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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government issue

At least one bank suggested that the government issue shares in the IPOs that get preference over the Treasury Department’s senior preferred shares to mitigate investors’ risk, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

Four years ago, the Canadian senate recommended the federal government issue an apology to 300,000 Canadian women.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022

And prisoners can send up to $100 a day to other people or have the government issue U.S.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2021

In early 1941, the service disseminated a new field manual that included a glossary of military slang, including an entry for G.I., or government issue.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020

Right under the harmless bundle of old clothes dangling from the saddle horn was the gun I'd borrowed from Ike—Mary Ann's twin sister, full of cartridges loaded by Ike himself—no miss-fire government issue.

From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace