standard issue
Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organizationRegularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.
» Yanni's rifle is standard issue for deer hunters.
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2 senses(not comparable)Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.
Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline
Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.
(broadly, derogatory, not comparable)Not special or remarkable; conventional.
Near-synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal
Examples
1 sentencesYanni's rifle is standard issue for deer hunters.
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