'Subscription' definitions:
Definition of 'subscription'
(from WordNet)
noun
A payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
noun
Agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
noun
A pledged contribution
noun
The act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document); "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature"
Definition of 'Subscription'
From: GCIDE
- Subscription \Sub*scrip"tion\, n. [L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription.]
- 1. The act of subscribing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a signature is attached. (b) The signature attached to a paper. (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Eccl.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- You owe me no subscription. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subscription'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- alms,
- alms fee,
- approbation,
- approval,
- authentication,
- authorization,
- autograph,
- award,
- awarding,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- certification,
- charity,
- christcross,
- cipher,
- collection,
- commitment,
- communication,
- concession,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- confirmation,
- contribution,
- cost,
- countermark,
- countersign,
- countersignature,
- counterstamp,
- cross,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- device,
- dole,
- donation,
- donative,
- dues,
- endorsement,
- endowment,
- fee,
- furnishment,
- gifting,
- giving,
- go-ahead,
- grant,
- granting,
- green light,
- hand,
- handout,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- imprimatur,
- initials,
- investiture,
- investment,
- John Hancock,
- liberality,
- mark,
- mark of signature,
- monogram,
- nod,
- notarization,
- obligation,
- offer,
- offering,
- offertory,
- OK,
- okay,
- payment,
- permission,
- pittance,
- pledge,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- price,
- promise,
- provision,
- ratification,
- remittance,
- rubber stamp,
- sanction,
- seal,
- sigil,
- sign manual,
- signature,
- signet,
- stamp,
- stamp of approval,
- supplying,
- surrender,
- the nod,
- tithe,
- validation,
- visa,
- vise,
- votive offering,
- vouchsafement,
- warrant,
- X