What does reissuing mean?
Reissuing means issuing or providing something again, usually as a replacement or in a new version. The word is particularly common in administrative, commercial, and legal settings: organisations reissue tickets, licences, permits, certificates, bonds, and official documents. It can also describe publishing a book or other work again, often with changes or new introductory material. Unlike a simple repetition, reissuing usually implies that the new instance replaces, renews, or restores the status of an earlier one. The word is formal and practical rather than emotional, and its use signals that the original item has been superseded or is no longer usable.
verbTo issue something again, especially by making or providing a replacement copy. It is commonly used for official documents, licences, tickets, financial instruments, and publications.
- To issue or publish something again, especially in replacement or updated form.
"The library will reissue the membership card free of charge if it has been lost."
"The airline agreed to reissue the passenger's ticket after the cancellation."
"The publisher plans to reissue the novel with a new introduction."
"The authority will reissue the permit once the revised application has been approved."
Reissuing gives an official document a new official life, from replacement train tickets to newly issued bonds.
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Where does reissuing come from?
The word is formed by combining the prefix re-, meaning again, with issue. Issue entered Middle English through Old French from Latin exire, meaning to go out, and is related to English exit. The prefix re- comes from Latin and conveys repetition or a second action, so reissuing literally means issuing again.
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How reissuing is actually used
The word is most common in formal, administrative, commercial, and legal contexts. It is especially associated with replacing official documents, tickets, licences, certificates, bonds, and other formal records, though it can also refer to publishing a work again.
Easily confused with reissuing
A reprint is a new printed copy of a text, whereas reissue is more general and can apply to replacing or providing another version of a ticket, licence, financial instrument, or other document.