- subscription
- sub|scrip|tion [səbˈskrıpʃən] n1.) [U and C]an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive copies of a newspaper or magazine, or receive a service, or the act of paying money for thissubscription to▪ Are you interested in taking out a subscription to Newsweek (=arranging to buy it on a regular basis) ?▪ You may cancel your subscription at any time.▪ I've decided not to renew my subscription .2.) [U and C] BrEan amount of money you pay regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work, or the act of paying money for thissubscription to▪ a subscription to Amnesty International3.) [U]when people in a country or place give money in order to pay for something to be done▪ The church's 120 foot gothic spire was paid for by public subscription in 1939.
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.