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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subscription \Sub*scrip"tion\, noun [L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription.]
1. The act of subscribing.
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.
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.
4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]
You owe me no subscription. --Shak.
5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
6. 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.
Note: The right to attend a series of public performances of ballet, opera, or music are also often sold by subscription. The payment for a subscription may be made prior to delivery of any items (common with magazines and performances), or after a certain number of the items have been delivered (common with newspapers or works of art produced in a series). 7. An application to purchase a certain number of securities to be delivered when they are newly issued. -->
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subscription
noun
1: a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
2: agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
3: a pledged contribution
4: the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document); "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "subscription": John Hancock, OK, X, 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, liberality, mark, mark of signature, monogram, nod, notarization, obligation, offer, offering, offertory, 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
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