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subscription

/səbˈskɹɪpʃən/

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What does subscription mean?

noun

  1. Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
  2. Available only by means of such access.
  3. The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. The signing of one's name.
  2. Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

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IPA pronunciation

/səbˈskɹɪpʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Like most good plans Jenkin’s scheme was simple in the extreme, and consisted in combination and a small subscription.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
Even the most illustrious names are to be found in the list, which may be called the first national subscription in France.
Fulgence MarionWonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon VoyagesProject Gutenberg ebook #899
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Finding the advantage of this little collection, I propos'd to render the benefit from books more common, by commencing a public subscription library.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Such was the concourse of persons, of all ranks, that this first subscription was found to amount to above two millions of original stock.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
The subscription of the great company was soon filled up, and several different fishing chambers were erected in the different out-ports of the kingdom.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300