noun (n)

• a copy of a printed work offered for distribution(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of issuing printed materials(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  issue
  

  source: wordnet30
• the communication of something to the public; making information generally known(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  publishing
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.(noun)

  source: webster1913