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📰 To sign up 👍 To support 💹 To buy shares ✍️ To sign
to subscribe

to subscribe

12 4.2
Apply to buy shares when a company offers them
  • verb
  • /səbˈskraɪb/
  • Specialized
translation icon : suscribir
  • After careful consideration, he chose to subscribe to the fund that focuses on renewable energy stocks.

Just before the market closed, a note went out that the offering was fully subscribed.

Examples

  • If an artist entry is found that contains auction records, the patron will need to subscribe to AskArt to view them.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Read some of the financial magazines too; maybe subscribe to one or two that appeal to you.

    Blog text (20)

  • For information/instructions on how to subscribe free to your favorite AdoptionBlogs, please visit this link.

    Blog text (9)

  • Libraries can also subscribe to periodicals, including journals and newspapers through the LC programs.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Prestigious art auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's and other financial institutions subscribe to the index.

    Academic text (2015)

  • ABA members may subscribe for $95 annually; nonmembers for $130.

    Academic text (1997)

  • UWEC subscribed to 1,218 Wiley e-journals in 2011 and 1,224 Wiley e-journals in 2012.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Many investors decided to subscribe to the new tech startup's share offering to gain potential profits.

  • She plans to subscribe to the company's latest stock issue to increase her investment portfolio.

Synonyms

to buy into
vsto subscribe
  • Specialized
42 4.0

Get shares or part of a company by paying money

is about applying to purchase during a new issue rather than purchasing any time

Phrasal Verbs

to subscribe to
94 3.7

To pay to get a magazine or online service regularly

How Much

to subscribe
  • Specialized
12 4.2

Surface Forms

subscribe infinitive
subscribed past
subscribed past participle
subscribing present participle
subscribes third person singular

Morphology

subscribe = scribe (semi-transparent) = sub + scribe

The financial sense ('agree to purchase shares') extends from 'signing up' and is related to signing, but requires domain knowledge.

Etymology

Subscribe comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and scribere ('to write'), and people used it when they 'signed under' an offer. So to subscribe for shares is to sign up or agree to buy them when a new issue is offered.