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sub⋅scrip⋅tion

  [suhb-skrip-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
2. the right to receive a periodical for a sum paid, usually for an agreed number of issues.
3. an arrangement for presenting a series of concerts, plays, etc., that one may attend by the payment of a membership fee: to purchase a 10-concert subscription.
4. Chiefly British. the dues paid by a member of a club, society, etc.
5. a fund raised through sums of money subscribed.
6. a sum subscribed.
7. the act of appending one's signature or mark, as to a document.
8. a signature or mark thus appended.
9. something written beneath or at the end of a document or the like.
10. a document to which a signature is attached.
11. assent, agreement, or approval expressed verbally or by signing one's name.
12. Ecclesiastical. assent to or acceptance of a body of principles or doctrines, the purpose of which is to establish uniformity.
13. Church of England. formal acceptance of the Thirty-nine Articles of 1563 and the Book of Common Prayer.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L subscrīptiōn- (s. of subscrīptiō) a writing beneath, equiv. to subscrīpt(us) (see subscript ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
sub⋅scrip⋅tive  [suhb-skrip-tiv] , adjective
sub⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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sub·scrip·tion   (səb-skrĭp'shən)   
n.  
    1. A purchase made by signed order, as for a periodical for a specified period of time or for a series of performances.
    2. An agreement to receive or be given access to electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet.
    3. The raising of money from subscribers.
    4. A sum of money so raised.
  2. Acceptance, as of articles of faith, demonstrated by the signing of one's name.
    1. The raising of money from subscribers.
    2. A sum of money so raised.
  4. The signing of one's name, as to a document.
  5. Something subscribed.

[Middle English subscripcion, from Old French subscription, from Latin subscrīptiō, subscrīptiōn-, something written underneath, from subscrīptus, past participle of subscrībere, to subscribe; see subscribe.]
sub·scrip'tive adj., sub·scrip'tive·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Subscription

Sub*scrip"tion\, n. [L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription.]

1. The act of subscribing.

2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a signature is attached. (b) The signature attached to a paper. (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.

3. (Eccl.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.

4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]

You owe me no subscription. --Shak.

5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : subscription
Spanish: suscripción,
German: die Unterzeichnung,
Japanese: 寄付
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subscription 
1409, "piece of writing at the end of a document," from M.Fr. subscription, from L. subscriptionem (nom. subscriptio) "anything written underneath, a signature," from pp. stem of subscribere (see subscribe for etymology and sense development).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sub·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: s&b-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act of signing one's name (as in attesting or witnessing a document)
2 : something that is subscribed; specifically : a sum subscribed or pledged subscription>
3 : an agreement to purchase securities (as stocks) of a new issue and esp. of a prospective corporation —compare WARRANT 3b
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: sub·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: s&b-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
: a part of a prescription that contains directions to thepharmacist
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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subscription sub·scrip·tion (səb-skrĭp'shən)
n.
The part of a prescription giving the directions to the pharmacist.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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