Noun
(corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time
Source: WordNetTucker needed this money to get going, so he began raising money by selling dealership rights and floating a $20 million stock issue through the Chicago brokerage firm Floyd D. Cerf. Source: Internet
The brothers sold their patents to the company for $100,000 and also received one-third of the shares in a million dollar stock issue and a 10 percent royalty on every airplane sold. Source: Internet