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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subscription  \Sub*scrip"tion\,  n.  [L.  subscriptio:  cf  F. 
  souscription.] 
  1.  The  act  of  subscribing. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  subscribed.  Specifically: 
  a  A  paper  to  which  a  signature  is  attached. 
  b  The  signature  attached  to  a  paper. 
  c  Consent  or  attestation  by  underwriting  the  name 
  d  Sum  subscribed;  amount  of  sums  subscribed;  as  an 
  individual  subscription  to  a  fund. 
 
  3.  (Eccl.)  The  acceptance  of  articles,  or  other  tests  tending 
  to  promote  uniformity;  esp.  (Ch.  of  Eng.),  formal  assent 
  to  the  Thirty-nine  Articles  and  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer, 
  required  before  ordination. 
 
  4.  Submission;  obedience.  [Obs.] 
 
  You  owe  me  no  subscription.  --Shak. 
 
  5.  (Pharm.)  That  part  of  a  prescription  which  contains  the 
  direction  to  the  apothecary. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subscription 
  n  1:  a  payment  for  consecutive  issues  of  a  newspaper  or  magazine 
  for  a  given  period  of  time 
  2:  agreement  expressed  by  (or  as  if  expressed  by)  signing  your 
  name 
  3:  a  pledged  contribution




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