D defs.my
Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Subscription

/səb-skrĭp'-shən/ · Sub·scrip·tion · IPA /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
01 n. The act of subscribing.
  1. 1.
    The act of subscribing.
  2. 2.
    That which is subscribed.
  3. 3.
    The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.(Eccl.)
  4. 4.
    Submission; obedience.[Obs.]
    “You owe me no subscription.” Shak.
  5. 5.
    That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.(Pharm.)
  6. 6.
    A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.