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subscription 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/səbˈskripSHən/,
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subscriptions, plural;
  1. The action of making or agreeing to make an advance payment in order to receive or participate in something
    • - the newsletter is available only on subscription
    • - take out a one-year subscription
  2. An arrangement by which access is granted to an online service

  3. A payment of such a type
    • - membership is available at an annual subscription of £300
  4. A system in which the production of a book is wholly or partly financed by advance orders

  5. A signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document
    • - he signed the letter and added a subscription
  6. A signed declaration or agreement


  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
  4. the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document); "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature"
  5. (subscribe) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares"
  6. (subscribe) sign: mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
  7. The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. The model was pioneered by magazines and newspapers, but is now used by many businesses and websites.
  8. Subscription refers to the process of investors signing up and committing to invest in a financial instrument, before the actual closing of the purchase.
  9. Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. ...
  10. access to a resource for a period of time; the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature; the signing of one's name
  11. (subscribe) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time; To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan; To believe or agree with a theory or an idea; To pay money to be a member of an ...
  12. (Subscriptions) RSS Feed | Follow on Twitter | Facebook
  13. (SUBSCRIPTIONS) To subscribe to Ethics & International Affairs, or to purchase individual issues and articles, please contact Cambridge University Press.
  14. (Subscriptions (5620)) Charges for the cost of purchasing periodicals.
  15. (Subscriptions) Amounts you pay regularly to belong to a trade union or association, professional body or club.
  16. (Subscriptions) The arrangements by which, in return for a sum paid in advance, periodicals, newspapers or other serials are provided for a specified number of issues. These are print and microfilm subscriptions, not electronic or digital subscriptions.
  17. (Subscriptions) The number of channels a particular YouTube user has subscribed to.
  18. (Subscriptions) monthly - but before sending money or filling in forms, please confirm that we will accept your subscription, for the date and size proposed. ...
  19. As in 'subscribe to...", taken to mean to apply for shares in a new issue.
  20. (Subscribe) To sign one’s name in attestation, testimony, or consent.
  21. (Subscribe) The process of joining a mailing list.
  22. (SUBSCRIBE) To become of a member of. One can subscribe to a mailing list, a newsgroup, an online service or an Internet Service.
  23. (Subscribe) to Blazer's Edge Stories
  24. (Subscribe) The term used when a blogs feed is added to a feed reader like Bloglines or Google. Some blogging platforms have internal subscriptions, this allows readers to receive notification when there are new posts in a blog.
  25. (Subscribe) Subscribing to an RSS Feed is usually free.