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subscription

subsc·rip·tion

UK/səbˈskɹɪpʃən/ US/sʌˈbskrɪpʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

2.

agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

3.
4.

the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

  • “the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • subscription bell
  • subscription box
  • subscription trap

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