Word Meaning

subscription definition and meaning

n. The act of subscribing.
n. That which is subscribed.
n. A paper to which a signature is attached.
n. The signature attached to a paper.
n. Consent or attestation by underwriting the name.
n. Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
n. The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.
n. Submission; obedience.
n. That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
n. A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.