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# issuer

noun (an issuer, issuers)

«issuer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An issuer is a person, company or government that gives out something official, like cards, tickets, passports, money or shares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#m1)

### In the lessons

Money and adult life: «the card issuer» is the bank behind a credit card; the government is the issuer of coins and passports. Formal word, used in instructions and small print.

### Examples

- The bank is the issuer of my mum's debit card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x1)
- Contact the card issuer if your card is lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x2)
- The government is the issuer of passports. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x3)
- The Royal Mint is the issuer of British coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x4)
- The issuer of the gift card can tell you the balance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x5)
- The ticket issuer printed the date on each ticket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/#x6)

### Note

From the verb «issue» (give out). Spelling: double «s».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «issuer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/issuer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«issuer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/issuer.html) on Mova free.