a person or an organization that supplies sth to sb 发行人；发布人；签发人◆Credit-card issuers lose billions each year to fraud. 信用卡发行机构每年因欺诈损失数十亿。
() a company or government that offers shares, bonds, etc. for sale 发行机构（发行股票、债券等的公司或政府）◆Vehicle manufacturers are among the largest corporate issuers of dollar bonds. 汽车制造商身居最大的美元债券发行企业之列。