Definition of subscription noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

subscription

noun

/səbˈskrɪpʃn/

[countable, uncountable]

an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a service, be a member of a club, support a charity or receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine; the act of paying this money
- an annual subscription
- subscription to/for something a subscription to Netflix
- a monthly subscription to Oxfam
- to take out a subscription to ‘Newsweek’
- to cancel/renew a subscription
- by subscription Copies are available by subscription.
- Subscriptions are due annually by the end of January.
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- Do you wish to take out a full twelve-month subscription to the journal?
- Most of the articles require a subscription.
- The company has already sold 500 000 new subscriptions for the magazine.
- a yearly subscription for a print version of the journal
- It is available through an annual subscription service.
- a 30-day free trial subscription
- a one-year subscription to this service
- Club subscriptions are due annually by the end of January.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- annual
- monthly
- yearly
- …
verb + subscription
- buy
- pay
- purchase
- …
subscription + noun
- fee
- price
- rate
- …
preposition
- subscription for
- subscription to
phrases
- a month’s, year’s, etc. subscription
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the act of people paying money for something to be done
- A statue in his memory was erected by public subscription.
Synonyms payment
paymentpremium ▪ contribution ▪ subscription ▪ repayment ▪ deposit ▪ instalmentThese are all words for an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay, or for the act of paying.
payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay; the act of paying:
ten monthly payments of $50
payment in advance
premium an amount of money that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy; an extra payment added to the basic rate; a higher amount of money than usual:
an insurance premium
a premium for express delivery
contribution a sum of money that you pay regularly to your employer or the government in order to pay for benefits such as health insurance, a pension, etc:
You can increase your monthly contributions to the pension plan.
subscription an amount of money you pay in advance to receive a service:
a subscription to Netflix
repayment (British English) an amount of money that you pay regularly to a bank, etc. until you have returned all the money that you owe; the act of paying this money:
the repayments on the loan
deposit an amount of money that you pay as the first part of a larger payment:
We've put down a 5 per cent deposit on the house.
instalment one of a number of payments that you make regularly over a period of time until you have paid for something:
We paid for the car by/in instalments.
Patterns
- (a/an) annual/monthly/regular payment/premium/contributions/subscription/repayment/deposit/instalment
- payment/repayment in full
- to pay a(n) premium/contribution/subscription/deposit/instalment
- to make a payment/repayment/deposit
- to meet/keep up (with) (the) payment(s)/the premiums/(the) repayment(s)/the instalments

Word Originlate Middle English (referring to a signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document): from Latin subscriptio(n-), from subscribere ‘write below’, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

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