subscription

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An arrangement to receive or use something for a set period, usually by paying.

   I pay a monthly subscription fee for the streaming service.

2. 2
   noun

   A payment that gives you a newspaper or magazine for a fixed period.

   She renewed her annual subscription to the science journal.

3. 3
   noun

   Money promised or given to a shared fund.

   The new hall was built by public subscription.

From Latin subscriptiō; by surface analysis, sub- + script + -ion. All senses reflect (either literally or figuratively) the notion of signing one's own name beneath some promise or description to indicate that one agrees with it or agrees to it.

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