Subscriptions
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ʃən 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.
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World English Dictionary
subscription (səbˈskrɪpʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a payment or promise of payment for consecutive issues of a magazine, newspaper, book, etc, over a specified period of time |
| 2. | a. the advance purchase of tickets for a series of concerts, operas, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a subscription concert | |
| 3. | an amount of money paid or promised, as to a charity, or the fund raised in this way |
| 4. | an offer to buy shares or bonds issued by a company |
| 5. | the act of signing one's name to a document, etc |
| 6. | a signature or other appendage attached to the bottom of a document, etc |
| 7. | agreement, consent, or acceptance expressed by or as if by signing one's name |
| 8. | a signed document, statement, etc |
| 9. | chiefly (Brit) the membership dues or fees paid to a society or club |
| 10. | acceptance of a fixed body of articles of faith, doctrines, or principles laid down as universally binding upon all the members of a Church |
| 11. | med that part of a written prescription directing the pharmacist how to mix and prepare the ingredients: rarely seen today as modern drugs are mostly prepackaged by the manufacturers |
| 12. | an advance order for a new product |
| 13. | a. the sale of books, etc, prior to printing |
| b. (as modifier): a subscription edition | |
| 14. | archaic allegiance; submission |
| sub'scriptive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Subscriptions definition
The subscriptions to Paul's epistles are no part of the original. In their present form they are ascribed to Euthalius, a bishop of the fifth century. Some of them are obviously incorrect.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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For revenue, day relied on advertising rather than on subscriptions.
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