FINANCEthetotalnumberofsharesheldby a company'sshareholdersat aparticulartime, which may be less thanauthorizedissue(= thenumberit isallowedtosell):Iftheirholdingsexceed5% of thetotaloutstandingissuethey arerequiredtofilea Schedule 13D with the SEC.Compareauthorized issue(Definition ofoutstanding issuefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoutstanding issue
outstanding issueDecommissioning was said to be the biggestoutstandingissuefor loyalist leaders, although not the only one.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theoutstandingissueof reimbursing the additional staff has been a major issue during 2003 and 2004.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In child phonology, just as in phonological theory in general, reconciliation of these opposing sets of evidence remains anoutstandingissue.From theCambridge English CorpusThe majoroutstandingissuein hypertension in older people is what to do with the very elderly.From theCambridge English CorpusAnotheroutstandingissueis that of map management.From theCambridge English CorpusLet us resolve thisoutstandingissuepromptly and sensibly.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishAs was the case with the previous report that we discussed, comitology is once again the onlyoutstandingissue.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThe reason given for this in certain quarters is the delay in dealing with theoutstandingissueof participation.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishFinancing was the majoroutstandingissueat first reading, and we welcome the fact that a common position has been reached.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThis has been anoutstandingissuefor a long time.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/outstanding-issue##
