subscription

An arrangement that lets you use a service or receive something regularly, usually by paying.

• My subscription ends tomorrow.
• She renewed her annual subscription to the magazine.
• How much does a monthly subscription cost?

How to use it: a subscription to something (I bought a subscription to a music service.)

Similar words: membership

Common phrases: monthly subscription, subscription to something, cancel a subscription

Access to a service or content through a regular paid plan.

• They offer a subscription service.
• The website switched to a subscription model.
• Some articles are subscription content and require a paid account.

Common phrases: subscription model, subscription service, subscription content

Official agreement with a statement or set of beliefs, often shown by signing your name.

• Subscription to the declaration was required.
• The college demanded formal subscription to its statement of faith.
• His subscription showed that he accepted the doctrine.

How to use it: subscription to something (Membership required subscription to the declaration.)

Similar words: assent, acceptance, endorsement

Opposites: rejection

Common phrases: subscription to something, formal subscription, require subscription

The act of writing your name on a document to sign it.

• The document required his subscription.
• A witness confirmed the subscription of her name.
• Without proper subscription, the deed could not take effect.

How to use it: subscription of something (The witness observed the subscription of his name.)

Similar words: signing

Common phrases: subscription of something, witnessed subscription, subscription of name