subscription
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- noun
- /səbˈskrɪpʃən/
:
suscripción
- His subscription to the magazine helps support independent journalism.
- supported by subscriptions
Examples
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Cable television, although receiving most of its revenues from subscriptions, is steadily drawing more support from advertisers.
Academic text (1993) -
The AAS journals are funded through page charges and subscription revenue.
Academic text (2007) -
Thank you so much for the subscription.
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A possible factor in the success of those two journals is their relatively low subscription prices.
Academic text (2012) -
After Morton disappeared, he raised the rest by public subscription.
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Money was scarce, but Jo, his sister, helped me pay for a subscription.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Minneapolis Journal was engaged in a subscription war, a wild competition with other newspapers for readers.
Fiction book (1990) -
People could get hold of materials through subscriptions to circulating libraries.
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The institute is financed by members' subscriptions, donations, and research grants.
Academic text (2010) -
Financially, it receives no subsidy but operates from its subscriptions and from the income of modest investments.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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Money given for goods, services, or to settle a debt
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Money given to help a charity or fund
Compounds
- Jargon
A choice for people who own shares to buy new shares at a set price before the public
- Literature
A situation where you pay regular fees without clear permission and cannot easily stop them
- Specialized
A document that lets the person who has it buy company shares at a set price before a date
How Much
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1
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subscription comes from Latin parts sub- 'under' and scribere 'to write', so it once meant 'to write your name under' a pledge. Because people used to sign promises to give money, a subscription also came to mean a sum of money given to support a cause.