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.
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”