subscription

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

Noun

  1. Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
    • subscription fee
    • available by subscription
    • I have a monthly subscription to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

    1. (attributively) Available only via such access.

      • subscription model
      • subscription content

      Coordinate Terms: paywalled

  2. The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
  3. The signing of one's name.
  4. Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

Origin

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.

Forms

subscriptions

Related

subscribe subscriber subscriptive subscriptively signatory undersigned underword

Derived

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