subscription
noun /səbˈskrɪpʃn/
/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.
Wordfinder- AGM
- the chair
- club
- hobby
- member
- newsletter
- secretary
- society
- subscription
- treasurer
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- yearly
- …
- buy
- pay
- purchase
- …
- fee
- price
- rate
- …
- subscription for
- subscription to
- a month’s, year’s, etc. subscription
- the act of people paying money for something to be done
- A statue in his memory was erected by public subscription.
Synonyms paymentpayment- premium
- contribution
- subscription
- repayment
- deposit
- instalment
- 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.
- (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’.