subscription n
1 a payment or promise of payment for consecutive issues of a magazine, newspaper, book, etc., over a specified period of time
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
a the sale of books, etc., prior to printing
b (as modifier)
a subscription edition
14 Archaic allegiance; submission, (Abbrev.)
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subscriptive adj