SUBSCRIPTION

Definitions

1. 1. The act of subscribing.
2. 2. That which is subscribed. Specifically:
3. 3. A paper to which a signature is attached.
4. 4. The signature attached to a paper.
5. 5. Consent or attestation by underwriting the name.
6. 6. Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
7. 7. 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.
8. 8. Submission; obedience. [Obs.] You owe me no subscription. Shak.
9. 9. That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
10. 10. 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.