[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

issue \is"sue\ i^sh"-u, n. of. issue, eissue, f. issue,
   fr. of. issir, eissir, to go out, l. exire; ex out of, from +
   ire to go, akin to gr. 'ie`nai, skr. i, goth. iddja went,
   used as prefect of gaggan to go. cf. ambition, count a
   nobleman, commence, errant, exit, eyre, initial,
   yede went.
   1913 webster
   1. the act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any
      inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a
      pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of
      people from a house.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery;
      issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding
      officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
      1913 webster

   3. that which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole
      quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue
      of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
      1913 webster

   4. progeny; a child or children; offspring. in law,
      sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from
      a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
      1913 webster

            if the king
            should without issue die.             --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or
      other property; as, a conveyed to b all his right for a
      term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
      1913 webster

   6. a discharge of flux, as of blood. --matt. ix. 20.
      1913 webster

   7. med. an artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy
      part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and
      discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
      1913 webster

   8. the final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event;
      hence, contest; test; trial.
      1913 webster

            come forth to view
            the issue of the exploit.             --shak.
      1913 webster

            while it is hot, i 'll put it to the issue. --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. a point in debate or controversy on which the parties take
      affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of
      alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of
      contention; a matter in controversy.
      1913 webster +pjc

   10. law in pleading, a single material point of law or fact
       depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one
       side and denied on the other, is presented for
       determination. see general issue, under general, and
       feigned issue, under feigned. --blount. cowell.
       1913 webster

   at issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting;
      hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
      1913 webster

            as much at issue with the summer day
            as if you brought a candle out of doors. --mrs.
                                                  browning.
      

   bank of issue, collateral issue, etc. see under bank,
      collateral, etc.

   issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain
      irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and
      discharge of pus.

   to join issue, or to take issue, to take opposing sides
      in a matter in controversy.
      1913 webster
see also:
ambition count commence errant exit eyre 
initial yede general issue general feigned issue 
feigned at issue bank of issue collateral issue bank 
collateral issue pea to join issue to take issue 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bank \bank\, n. f. banque, it. banca, orig. bench, table,
   counter, of german origin, and akin to e. bench; cf. g. bank
   bench, ohg. banch. see bench, and cf. banco, beach.
   1. an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or
      issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of
      funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution
      incorporated for performing one or more of such functions,
      or the stockholders or their representatives, the
      directors, acting in their corporate capacity.
      1913 webster

   2. the building or office used for banking purposes.
      1913 webster

   3. a fund to be used in transacting business, especially a
      joint stock or capital.
      1913 webster

            let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
            master of his own money.              --bacon.
      1913 webster

   4. gaming the sum of money or the checks which the dealer
      or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and
      pay his losses.
      1913 webster

   5. in certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
      the players are allowed to draw; in monopoly, the fund of
      money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which
      they pay fines.
      1913 webster +pjc

   6. a place where something is stored and held available for
      future use; specifically, an organization that stores
      biological products for medical needs; as, a blood bank,
      an organ bank, a sperm bank.
      pjc

   bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
      required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
      certain extent agreed upon.

   bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe
      keeping.

   bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
      bearer.
      1913 webster
see also:
bench banco beach bank credit bank of deposit bank of issue 

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