Reissue
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that has issued, or been issued again.
"Copies of the original comic are valued by collectors, but the reissues are worthless."
- 2 a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale wordnet
- 3 A second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.
Verb
- 1 To issue again.
"Re-issue, re-package, re-package / Re-evaluate the songs / Double pack with a photograph / Extra track and a tacky badge"
- 2 print anew wordnet
- 3 To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.
- 4 issue (a new version of) wordnet
- 5 In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.
Example
More examples"Can you reissue them right away?"
Etymology
From re- + issue.
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