reissue

verb, noun — 5 senses

reissue

verb

Etymology From re- + issue.

1

To issue again.

  • Re-issue, re-package, re-package / Re-evaluate the songs / Double pack with a photograph / Extra track and a tacky badge1987, “Paint a Vulgar Picture”, in Morrissey (lyrics), Johnny Marr (music), Strangeways, Here We Come, performed by The Smiths:
  • Many of his numerous recordings have been re-digitized, enhanced and re-issued to a grateful public.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 171:
2

To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.

3

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.

Derived terms
reissuable, reissuer

reissue

noun

Etymology From re- + issue.

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 second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.

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