English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin subscriptiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
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- Hyphenation: sub‧scrip‧tion
subscription (countable and uncountable, plural subscriptions)
- Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
I have a monthly subscription to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
My library subscription is about to expire.
1951 April, “Preservation of the Talyllyn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 218:The Society, which is a non-profit-making organisation, is inviting enthusiasts to become members at a minimum annual subscription of £1.
1967, “When the Music’s Over”, in Strange Days, performed by The Doors:Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection / Send my credentials to the House of Detention / I got some friends inside
- The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
- The signing of one's name.
- Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
access to a resource for a period of time
- Arabic: اِشْتِرَاك m (ištirāk)
- Armenian: բաժանորդագրություն (hy) (bažanordagrutʻyun), աբոնեմենտ (hy) (abonement)
- Azerbaijani: abunə (az), abonement
- Basque: harpidetza
- Belarusian: абанеме́нт m (abanjemjént), абанэмэ́нт m (abanemént), падпі́ска f (padpíska), перадпла́та f (pjeradpláta)
- Bulgarian: абонаме́нт (bg) m (abonamént), по́дписка f (pódpiska)
- Catalan: abonament m, subscripció f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 訂閱／订阅 (zh) (dìngyuè), 預訂／预订 (zh) (yùdìng)
- Danish: abonnement (da) n
- Dutch: abonnement (nl) n
- Esperanto: abono
- Estonian: tellimus
- Finnish: tilaus (fi) (newspaper etc.); kausikortti (fi), kausilippu (fi) (season ticket); kirjastokortti (fi) (library); jäsenmaksu (fi) (membership)
- French: abonnement (fr) m
- German: Abonnement (de) n, Bezug (de) m, Subskription (de) f, Zugang (de) m
- Greek: συνδρομή (el) f (syndromí)
- Haitian Creole: abònman
- Hebrew: מינוי (minúi)
- Hungarian: előfizetés (hu), feliratkozás (hu), beiratkozás (hu)
- Indonesian: abonemen (id)
- Irish: síntiús m, liostáil f (Internet)
- Italian: abbonamento (it) m
- Japanese: 定期購読 (ていきこうどく, teiki kōdoku) (reading), 購読 (ja) (こうどく, kōdoku) (reading), サブスクリプション (ja) (sabusukuripushon), サブスク (ja) (sabusuku)
- Kazakh: жазылыс (jazylys)
- Korean: 구독(購讀) (ko) (gudok)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئابوونە (ckb) (abûne)
- Kyrgyz: жазылыш (jazılış)
- Macedonian: претплата f (pretplata)
- Malay: langganan, abonemen (ms)
- Maori: moni whakauru, moni whakauru, ohaurunga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: abonnement (no) n
- Nynorsk: abonnement n
- Persian: اشتراک (fa) (ešterâk)
- Polish: abonament (pl) m, prenumerata (pl) f (for a print publication), subskrypcja (pl) f
- Portuguese: subscrição f, assinatura (pt) f
- Romanian: abonament (ro) n
- Russian: подпи́ска (ru) f (podpíska), абонеме́нт (ru) m (abonemént)
- Slovene: naročnīna f, abonmȃ (sl) m
- Spanish: abono (es) m, suscripción (es) f
- Swedish: abonnemang (sv) n, prenumeration (sv) c
- Tajik: обуна (obuna)
- Tamil: சந்தா (ta) (cantā)
- Ukrainian: підпи́ска f (pidpýska), абонеме́нт (uk) m (abonemént), передпла́та f (peredpláta)
- Welsh: tanysgrifiad m
- Yiddish: אַבאָנעמענט m (abonement)
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the signing of one's name
contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund
