Meaning & use
issuable
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparableformallegalfinance
Able to be officially supplied, given out, or made available, especially by an authority or organization.
Grammar: Used after linking verbs like be, seem, or become.
Patterns
- be issuable to someone
- be issuable by someone
The bonds are issuable to investors who meet the eligibility criteria.
Under the new rules, permits are issuable by the local council within thirty days.
These shares are issuable only after the board has approved the transaction.
adjectivenot comparableformal
Capable of being brought out or published, as a book, journal, or similar work.
Grammar: Often used in negative contexts to say something cannot be published.
Patterns
- be issuable as something
- be issuable in a format
The manuscript is not issuable in its current form because of copyright concerns.
The report is issuable as a standalone document or as part of the annual review.
Only the final version is issuable to the public.
Common combinations
- issuable shares
- The company has a large number of issuable shares available for future funding rounds.
- issuable securities
- These issuable securities can be converted into common stock at any time.
- issuable by the court
- The injunction is issuable by the court upon a proper showing of necessity.
- not issuable
- The visa is not issuable to applicants who have overstayed a previous visa.
Synonyms and how they differ
- available
- Broader and less formal; it can mean ready for use or obtainable, not necessarily officially given out.
- grantable
- Close in meaning but usually used for permissions, rights, or requests rather than documents or securities.
- publishable
- Specifically about written works that are fit to be printed and made public; it does not cover financial instruments.
Opposites
Word family
- issue verb
- To give out or supply something officially.
- issue noun
- An important topic or problem, or a particular edition of a publication.
- issuance noun
- The act of officially giving out or supplying something.
- issuer noun
- A person or organization that gives out something, especially official documents or securities.
Commonly confused: issuable or usable? issuable or issueable?
issuable vs usable
Means able to be used; issuable means able to be issued or given out. A document can be issuable but not yet usable.
issuable vs issueable
A rare alternative spelling of issuable; the standard spelling drops the e after issu-.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'issuable' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Issuable is followed by 'by' to show who does the issuing. 'To' shows the receiver, so option 0 would mean the early arrivals receive the tickets, not that they issue them. 'For' and 'with' do not fit this pattern.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “issuable”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.