Subscription word meaning and definition

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

\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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