subscription
Pluralsubscriptions
- 1Paid access to a service or resource granted for a fixed period, usually maintained by ongoing payment.
Her streaming subscription gives her access to thousands of films for a flat monthly fee.
The newspaper offers a discounted subscription to students.
Similarmembership
Note
Paid access is usually named by its period and its object: a monthly or annual subscription, a subscription to a newspaper or a library, and the subscription fee that pays for it. The preposition is to. In clubs and societies the word also names the yearly membership charge. Railway Magazine in 1951 invites enthusiasts to join at a minimum annual subscription of £1, a use that sits close to money given to a common fund.
- 2The act of contributing, or promising to contribute, money toward a common fund.
The monument was funded entirely by subscription from local residents.
Members supported the struggling orchestra through an annual subscription.
Similarcontribution, donation
- 3Formal acceptance of a statement or document, especially as confirmed by adding one's signature.
The charter took effect upon the subscription of every founding member.
Her subscription to the manifesto signaled full agreement with its principles.
Similarendorsement, assent, agreement
- 4The act of signing one's name, typically at the foot of a document.
The will was invalid without the subscription of the testator.
He added his subscription beneath the final clause of the agreement.
Similarsignature
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Origin
The word comes from Latin "subscriptiō."