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   Sub·scrip·tion

   /səbˈskripSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of making or agreeing to make an advance payment in order to receive or participate in something: "the newsletter is available only on subscription" Similar donationcontributionofferinggiftpresentgrantbestowalendowmentsubsidybenefactionhandouthistorical:almsrare:donative
   • ▪ an arrangement by which access is granted to an online service.
   • ▪ an advance payment made to receive or participate in something: "membership is available at an annual subscription of £300" Similar donationcontributionofferinggiftpresentgrantbestowalendowmentsubsidybenefactionhandouthistorical:almsrare:donative
   • ▪ the contribution of money to a fund, project, or cause: British "the school was built by public subscription in 1878"
   • ▪ a system in which the production of a book is wholly or partly financed by advance orders.
   • 2. a signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document: formal "he signed the letter and added a subscription" Similar signatureinitialsadditionappendage
   • ▪ a signed declaration or agreement. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in subscription (sense 2)): from Latin subscriptio(n-), from subscribere ‘write below’ (see subscribe).

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