Subscription vs. Subscribe

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  • Subscription (noun)

    Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

    “I have a monthly subscription to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.”

    “My library subscription is about to expire.”

  • Subscription (noun)

    The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.

  • Subscription (noun)

    The signing of one’s name.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

    “Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

    “I don’t subscribe to that theory.”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To pay money to be a member of an organization.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

    “1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — … under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount.

    “Each man subscribed ten dollars.”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To agree to buy shares in a company.

    “1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To sign; to mark with one’s signature as a token of consent or attestation.

    “Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.”

    “Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.””

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one’s name).

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    To declare over one’s signature; to publish.

Wiktionary
  • Subscription (noun)

    an arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

    “the newsletter is available only on subscription”

    “make sure you get a copy every month by taking out a subscription”

  • Subscription (noun)

    an arrangement by which access is granted to an online service.

  • Subscription (noun)

    an advance payment made to receive or participate in something

    “membership is available at an annual subscription of £300”

  • Subscription (noun)

    the contribution of money to a fund, project, or cause

    “the school was built by public subscription in 1878”

  • Subscription (noun)

    a system in which the production of a book is wholly or partly financed by advance orders.

  • Subscription (noun)

    a signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document

    “he signed the letter and added a subscription”

  • Subscription (noun)

    a signed declaration or agreement.

  • Subscribe (verb)

    arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

    “subscribe to the magazine for twelve months and receive a free limited-edition T-shirt”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    arrange for access to an electronic mailing list or online service

    “some 40,000 users have subscribed to the service”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    contribute or undertake to contribute a certain sum of money to a fund, project, or cause, typically on a regular basis

    “he subscribed £400 to the campaign”

    “he is one of the millions who subscribe to the NSPCC”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    apply to participate in

    “the course has been fully subscribed”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    apply for or undertake to pay for an issue of shares

    “the issue was fully subscribed”

    “they subscribed to the July rights issue at 300p a share”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    (of a bookseller) agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies of a book)

    “most of the first print run of 15,000 copies has been subscribed”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)

    “we prefer to subscribe to an alternative explanation”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    sign (a will, contract, or other document)

    “he subscribed the will as a witness”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    sign (one’s name) on a will, contract, or other document

    “he was ordered to subscribe his name”

  • Subscribe (verb)

    sign oneself as

    “he ventured still to subscribe himself her most obedient servant”

Oxford Dictionary

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