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sub⋅scrib⋅er

[suhb-skrahy-ber]
–noun
1. a person, company, etc., that subscribes, as to a publication or concert series.
2. a homeowner, apartment dweller, business, etc., that pays a monthly charge to be connected to a television cable service.
3. a person who promises to donate a sum of money, purchase stock, etc.

Origin:
1590–1600; subscribe + -er 1
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sub·scribe   (səb-skrīb')   
v.   sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes

v.   tr.
  1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).

  2. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document.

  3. To sign one's name to in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.

  4. To authorize (someone) to receive or access electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet.

v.   intr.
    1. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.

    2. To receive or be allowed to access electronic texts or services by subscription.

  1. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.

  2. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.

  3. To sign one's name.

  4. To affix one's signature to a document as a witness or to show consent.


[Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrībere : sub-, sub- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·scrib'er n.
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