- subscription
- subscription [səb skrip′shən]n.[ME subscripcion < L subscriptio]1. the act of subscribing2. something subscribed; specif.,a) a written signatureb) a signed document, etc.c) consent or sanction, esp. in writingd) an amount of money subscribede) a formal agreement to receive and pay for a periodical, books, theater tickets, etc. for a specified period of timef) the right to receive a periodical, etc., as by payment of a fixed sum3. that part of a doctor's prescription giving directions to the pharmacist: cf. SIGNATURE (n. 4)4. Eccles. assent to certain doctrines for promoting uniformity; specif., in the Anglican Church, acceptance of the Thirty-nine Articles of Faith
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.