Definition of: subscription

(səb·skrip′shən) noun
1. The act of subscribing; signature; hence, consent, confirmation, or agreement.
2. That which is subscribed; a signed paper or statement.
3. A signature written at the end of a document.
4. A signed acceptance of religious articles.
5. The individual or total sum or number subscribed for any purpose.
6. A formal agreement or undertaking evinced by signature, as payment of a certain price for the receipt of a magazine, book, ticket, etc.
7. Archaic Submission; obedience.
8. The part of a doctor's prescription which gives directions for compounding the ingredients.
9. The sale of books, magazines, tickets, etc., by mail or by personal canvass.
—to take up a subscription To collect money (for some special purpose or cause) from a large number of people.
—sub·scrip′tive adjective
—sub·scrip′tive·ly adverb