## Meanings
1. An arrangement to receive or use something for a set period, usually by paying.
2. A payment that gives you a newspaper or magazine for a fixed period.
3. Money promised or given to a shared fund.

## Examples
- I pay a monthly subscription fee for the streaming service.
- She renewed her annual subscription to the science journal.
- The new hall was built by public subscription.

## Related Forms
- signatory
- subscribe
- subscriber
- subscriptive
- subscriptively
- undersigned
- underword

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: subscriptiō

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Subscription comes 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. The historical chain includes subscriptiō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes related forms such as signatory, subscribe, and subscriber. In present use it covers an arrangement to receive or use something for a set period, usually by paying, a payment that gives you a newspaper or magazine for a fixed period, and money promised or given to a shared fund.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Media & Publishing
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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