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subscription

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B S K R IH1 P SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • subscription fee
  • available by subscription
  • I have a monthly subscription to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
  • My library subscription is about to expire.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Available only via such access.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • subscription model
  • subscription content

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The signing of one's name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: handwriting

Narrower terms: execution, execution of instrument

7

noun

Meaning 7

a pledged contribution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contribution, donation

8

noun

Meaning 8

agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agreement

9

noun

Meaning 9

a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: payment

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: inskrywing — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Albanian: abonim — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Arabic: اِشْتِرَاك (ištirāk) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Armenian: բաժանորդագրություն (bažanordagrutʻyun) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Armenian: աբոնեմենտ (abonement) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Azerbaijani: abunə — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Azerbaijani: abonement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Basque: harpidetza — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Belarusian: абанеме́нт (abanjemjént) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Belarusian: абанэмэ́нт (abanemént) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Belarusian: падпі́ска (padpíska) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Belarusian: перадпла́та (pjeradpláta) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Bulgarian: абонаме́нт (abonamént) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Bulgarian: по́дписка (pódpiska) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Catalan: abonament — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Catalan: subscripció — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 訂閱 /订阅 (dìngyuè) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預訂 /预订 (yùdìng) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Crimean Tatar: abonement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Czech: předplatné — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Czech: abonmá — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Czech: subskripce — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Danish: abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Dutch: abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Esperanto: abono — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Estonian: tellimus — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Estonian: abonement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Finnish: tilaus — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Finnish: kausikortti — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Finnish: kausilippu — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Finnish: kirjastokortti — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Finnish: jäsenmaksu — access to a resource for a period of time
  • French: abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • German: Abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • German: Bezug — access to a resource for a period of time
  • German: Subskription — access to a resource for a period of time
  • German: Zugang — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Greek: συνδρομή (syndromí) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Haitian Creole: abònman — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Hebrew: מָנוּי (manúy) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Hindi: सदस्यता (sadasyatā) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Hungarian: előfizetés — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Hungarian: feliratkozás — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Hungarian: beiratkozás — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Icelandic: áskrift — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Indonesian: abonemen — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Irish: síntiús — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Irish: liostáil — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Italian: abbonamento — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Japanese: 定期購読 (teiki kōdoku) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Japanese: 購読 (kōdoku) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Japanese: サブスクリプション (sabusukuripushon) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Japanese: サブスク (sabusuku) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Kazakh: жазылыс (jazylys) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Korean: 구독 (gudok) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Central Kurdish: ئابوونە (abûne) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Kyrgyz: жазылыш (jazılış) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Kyrgyz: жазылуу (jazıluu) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Latvian: abonēšana — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Latvian: abonements — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Lithuanian: prenumerata — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Macedonian: претплата (pretplata) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Malay: langganan — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Malay: abonemen — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Māori: moni whakauru — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Māori: ohaurunga — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Eastern Mari: абонемент (abońement) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Mongolian: захиалга (zaxialga) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: abonnement — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Iranian Persian: اِشْتِراک (ešterâk) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Polish: abonament — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Polish: prenumerata — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Polish: subskrypcja — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Portuguese: subscrição — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Portuguese: assinatura — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Romanian: abonament — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Russian: подпи́ска (podpíska) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Russian: абонеме́нт (abonemént) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Kildin-Sami: кырьйхуввмушш (kyr’jxuvvmušš) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏тплата — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Serbo-Croatian: або̀нма̄н — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅtplata — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Serbo-Croatian: abònmān — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Slovak: predplatné — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Slovak: abonmán — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Slovak: predplatenie — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Slovene: naročnīna — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Slovene: abonmȃ — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Spanish: abono — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Spanish: suscripción — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Swedish: abonnemang — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Swedish: prenumeration — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Tajik: обуна (obuna) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Tajik: иштирок (ištirok) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Tamil: சந்தா (cantā) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Turkish: abonelik — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Ottoman Turkish: آبونه (abone) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Turkmen: abuna — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Ukrainian: підпи́ска (pidpýska) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Ukrainian: абонеме́нт (abonemént) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Ukrainian: передпла́та (peredpláta) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Urdu: چَنْدَہ (canda) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Urdu: اِشْتِراک (iśtirāk) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Uzbek: obuna — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Welsh: tanysgrifiad — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Yiddish: אַבאָנעמענט (abonement) — access to a resource for a period of time
  • Belarusian: падпі́ска (padpíska) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Bulgarian: по́дписка (pódpiska) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Finnish: allekirjoitus — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Finnish: hyväksyntä — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • German: Zeichnung — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Greek: εισφορά (eisforá) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Hindi: सदस्यता (sadasyatā) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Hungarian: hozzájárulás — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Hungarian: csatlakozás — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Hungarian: elfogadás — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Hungarian: helyeslés — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Kazakh: абонемент (abonement) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Polish: prenumerata — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Polish: subskrypcja — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Portuguese: subscrição — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Russian: подпи́ска (podpíska) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Ukrainian: підпи́ска (pidpýska) — the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature
  • Belarusian: по́дпіс (pódpis) — the signing of one's name
  • Bulgarian: по́дпис (pódpis) — the signing of one's name
  • Finnish: allekirjoitus — the signing of one's name
  • German: Unterzeichnung — the signing of one's name
  • German: Unterzeichnen — the signing of one's name
  • German: Unterschreiben — the signing of one's name
  • Greek: υπογραφή (ypografí) — the signing of one's name
  • Hungarian: aláírás — the signing of one's name
  • Macedonian: потпис (potpis) — the signing of one's name
  • Macedonian: запис (zapis) — the signing of one's name
  • Norwegian Bokmål: signering — the signing of one's name
  • Polish: podpis — the signing of one's name
  • Portuguese: assinatura — the signing of one's name
  • Russian: по́дпись (pódpisʹ) — the signing of one's name
  • Kildin-Sami: кырьйхуввмушш (kyr’jxuvvmušš) — the signing of one's name
  • Kildin-Sami: кӣдт (kīdt) — the signing of one's name
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainm sgrìobhte — the signing of one's name
  • Ukrainian: пі́дпис (pídpys) — the signing of one's name
  • Hungarian: adakozás — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
  • Irish: síntiús — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
  • Māori: ohaurutanga — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
  • Polish: datek — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
  • Polish: ofiara — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
  • Polish: składka — contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
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