subscription
Pluralsubscriptions
- 1A paid plan that lets you use a service or get something regularly for a set time.
Like a bus pass that lets you ride as much as you want for a month.
My magazine subscription runs out at the end of the month.
She pays for a music subscription every month so she can listen to anything.
Similarmembership
Note
- 2Money that people give or promise to give toward a shared cause or fund.
Like everyone in a class chipping in to buy a gift for the teacher.
The new library was paid for largely by public subscription.
They raised the money by subscription among the villagers.
Similarcontribution, donation
- 3Formal agreement to something, often shown by signing your name.
Like signing a permission slip to show you accept the terms.
The treaty required the subscription of all member states.
His subscription to the new rules made the contract valid.
Similarendorsement, assent, agreement
- 4The act of writing your name to sign something.
Like writing your name at the bottom of a birthday card.
The clerk waited for his subscription at the bottom of the form.
Her subscription appeared in neat letters beneath the printed text.
Similarsignature
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Origin
It comes from the Latin word "subscriptiō."