subscription
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noun
1. the action of making or agreeing to make an advance payment in order to receive or participate in something:
【新聞･雑誌などの】定期(予約)購読(料, 権)(｟英･くだけて｠ sub) «to»
e.g. the newsletter is available only on subscription
e.g. take out a one-year subscription.
an arrangement by which access is granted to an online service.
【ケーブルテレビ･インターネットなどの】加入, 配信, 接続(料, 権) «to» ; 〖形容詞的に〗(有料の)会員, 登録制の
an advance payment made to receive or participate in something:
e.g. membership is available at an annual subscription of £300.
chiefly British the contribution of money to a fund, project, or cause:
｟英｠ 【慈善事業･団体などへの】寄付(金), 経済支援(金) «to» .
e.g. the school was built by public subscription in 1878.
a system in which the production of a book is wholly or partly financed by advance orders.
2. formal a signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document:
｟かたく｠ 署名
e.g. he signed the letter and added a subscription.
archaic a signed declaration or agreement.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in subscription (sense 2) ): from Latin subscriptio(n-), from subscribere ‘write below’ (see subscribe).