subscription

English

Etymology

From Latin subscriptiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sub‧scrip‧tion

Noun

subscription (countable and uncountable, plural subscriptions)

1. 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

2. The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
3. The signing of one's name.
4. Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

Derived terms

• subscription box
• subscription trap

 

Translations

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)
• Hindi: सदस्यता (hi) (sadasyatā)
• 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)

the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature

• Belarusian: падпі́ска f (padpíska)
• Bulgarian: по́дписка f (pódpiska)
• Finnish: allekirjoitus (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
• German: Zeichnung (de) f
• Greek: εισφορά (el) f (eisforá)
• Hindi: सदस्यता (hi) (sadasyatā)
• Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu), csatlakozás (hu), elfogadás (hu), helyeslés (hu)
• Kazakh: қолхат (qolxat)
• Polish: prenumerata (pl) f, subskrypcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: subscrição f
• Russian: подпи́ска (ru) f (podpíska)
• Ukrainian: підпи́ска f (pidpýska)

the signing of one's name

• Belarusian: по́дпіс (pódpis)
• Bulgarian: по́дпис (bg) m (pódpis)
• Finnish: allekirjoitus (fi)
• German: Unterzeichnung (de) f, Unterzeichnen n, Unterschreiben n
• Greek: υπογραφή (el) f (ypografí)
• Hungarian: aláírás (hu)
• Macedonian: потпис m (potpis), запис m (zapis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: signering m

• Polish: podpis (pl) m
• Portuguese: assinatura (pt) f
• Russian: по́дпись (ru) f (pódpisʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm sgrìobhte m
• Ukrainian: пі́дпис m (pídpys)

contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund

• Hungarian: adakozás (hu)
• Irish: síntiús m