subscription: Meaning and Definition of

sub•scrip•tion

Pronunciation: (sub-skrip'shun), [key]
— n.
  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. 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. assent to or acceptance of a body of principles or doctrines, the purpose of which is to establish uniformity.
  13. formal acceptance of the Thirty-nine Articles of 1563 and the Book of Common Prayer.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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