[] 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。