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Subscription

Subscription Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Subscription? [n] the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document); "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature" [n] a pledged contribution [n] agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name [n] a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time Synonyms \| Synonyms for Subscription: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Subscription: See Also \| agreement \| approval \| commendation \| contribution \| donation \| execution \| execution of instrument \| handwriting \| payment Subscription In Webster's Dictionary \Sub*scrip"tion\, n. [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.

Subscription Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subscription?

[n] the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document); "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature"
[n] a pledged contribution
[n] agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
[n] a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

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Subscription In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*scrip"tion\, n. [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.

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