subscription
pronunciation
How to pronounce subscription in British English:
UK [səbˈskrɪpʃn]
How to pronounce subscription in American English:
US [səbˈskrɪpʃn]
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- Noun:
- a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
- a pledged contribution
- the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)
Word Origin
- subscription (n.)
- c. 1400, "piece of writing at the end of a document," from Middle French subscription (Modern French souscription) and directly from Latin subscriptionem (nominative subscriptio) "anything written underneath, a signature," noun of action from past participle stem of subscribere (see subscribe). Meaning "act of subscribing money" is from 1640s.
Synonym
assent the green yes confidence acceptance authorization blessing agreement nod in belief seal approval go-ahead of condonation vote consent light faith sanction ratification with countenance permission trust
Example
- 1. A newspaper subscription is a great example of this .
- 2. Danone said existing shareholders would have preferential subscription rights .
- 3. Finally add other page elements such as subscription options .
- 4. Subscription journals are also monopolies .
- 5. The theory is that advertising revenue will outstrip subscription revenue .