Subscription /(?)/

Sub·scrip·tion

Subscription

n.
  1. The act of subscribing.
  2. That which is subscribed.
  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. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]
    You owe me no subscription.
  5. That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary. (Pharm.)
  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.