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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.

late Middle English (in subscription (sense 2) ): from Latin subscriptio(n-), from subscribere ‘write below’ (see subscribe).