release

/rɪ'li:s/ noun

1. the act of setting someone free or of making something or someone no longer subject to an obligation or restriction

● release from a contract

● the release of goods from customs

● He was offered early release so that he could take up his new job.

2. the act of making something public, or a public announcement

3. the act of putting something on the market, or something put on the market

■ verb

1. to free something or someone

● to release goods from customs

● to release someone from a debt

● Customs released the goods against payment of a fine.

2. to make something public

● The company released information about the new mine in Australia.

● The government has refused to release figures for the number of unemployed women.

3. to put something on the market

● They released several new CDs this month.

♦ to release dues to send off orders which had been piling up while a product was out of stock

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‘…pressure to ease monetary policy mounted yesterday with the release of a set of pessimistic economic statistics’ [Financial Times]

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‘…the national accounts for the March quarter released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed a real increase in GDP’ [Australian Financial Review]