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subscription

sub·scrip·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh b-skrip-shuh n]
    • /səbˈskrɪp ʃən/
    • /səbˈskrɪp.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh b-skrip-shuh n]
    • /səbˈskrɪp ʃən/

Definitions of subscription word

  • noun subscription a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc. 1
  • noun subscription the right to receive a periodical for a sum paid, usually for an agreed number of issues. 1
  • noun subscription an arrangement for presenting a series of concerts, plays, etc., that one may attend by the payment of a membership fee: to purchase a 10-concert subscription. 1
  • noun subscription the right to receive a service or access text online for a certain period of time: a subscription to a media streaming service; a subscription to an online encyclopedia; a satellite-TV subscription. 1
  • noun subscription Chiefly British. the dues paid by a member of a club, society, etc. 1
  • noun subscription a fund raised through sums of money subscribed. 1

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Origin of subscription

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Old French subscription < Latin subscrīptiōn- (stem of subscrīptiō) “something written beneath, signature, subscription” equivalent to subscrīpt(us) (see subscript) + -iōn- -ion

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Subscription

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

subscription popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

subscription usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for subscription

noun subscription

  • contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
  • donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • fairing — Archaic. something that is fair.
  • gifting — something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
  • gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.

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