English Explanatory Dictionary

subscription

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
  2. Available only via such access.
  3. The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
  4. The signing of one's name.
  5. Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

Pronunciation

/səbˈskɹɪpʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subscription.wav

Word forms

subscription subscriptions

Etymology

From Latin subscriptiō; by surface analysis, sub- + script + -ion. All senses reflect (either literally or figuratively) the notion of signing one's own name beneath some promise or description to indicate that one agrees with it or agrees to it.

Related words

subscribe subscriber subscriptive subscriptively signatory undersigned underword

Derived words

microsubscription nonsubscription oversubscription resubscription subscription bell subscription box subscriptionless subscription trap undersubscription unsubscription

Translations

Afrikaans: inskrywing Albanian: abonim Arabic: اِشْتِرَاك Armenian: բաժանորդագրություն Armenian: աբոնեմենտ Azerbaijani: abunə Azerbaijani: abonement Basque: harpidetza Belarusian: абанеме́нт Belarusian: абанэмэ́нт Belarusian: падпі́ска Belarusian: перадпла́та Bulgarian: абонаме́нт Bulgarian: по́дписка Catalan: abonament Catalan: subscripció Chinese Mandarin: 訂閱 /订阅 Chinese Mandarin: 預訂 /预订 Czech: předplatné Czech: abonmá Czech: subskripce Danish: abonnement Dutch: abonnement Esperanto: abono Estonian: tellimus Estonian: abonement Finnish: tilaus Finnish: kausikortti Finnish: kausilippu Finnish: kirjastokortti Finnish: jäsenmaksu French: abonnement German: Abonnement German: Bezug German: Subskription German: Zugang Greek: συνδρομή Haitian Creole: abònman Hebrew: מָנוּי Hindi: सदस्यता Hungarian: előfizetés Hungarian: feliratkozás Hungarian: beiratkozás Icelandic: áskrift Indonesian: abonemen Irish: síntiús Irish: liostáil Italian: abbonamento Japanese: 定期購読 Japanese: 購読 Japanese: サブスクリプション Japanese: サブスク Kazakh: жазылыс Korean: 구독 Central Kurdish: ئابوونە Kyrgyz: жазылыш Kyrgyz: жазылуу Latvian: abonēšana Latvian: abonements Lithuanian: prenumerata Macedonian: претплата Malay: langganan Malay: abonemen Māori: moni whakauru Māori: ohaurunga Eastern Mari: абонемент Mongolian: захиалга Norwegian Bokmål: abonnement
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