subscription English · revision 10335

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1409|origins=frm subscription|origins=la subscriptio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English subscripcion, [[bor|frm|subscription]] and directly from Latin subscriptiō, subscriptiōnem, anything written underneath, a signature,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from subscript-, past participle stem of subscrībere, to write underneath (see [[subscribe]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A piece of writing at the end of a document, especially a signature attesting it: 1409 in Barnhart, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A signature is from 1483,^(OED 1989) the act of signing from 1492,^(OED 1989) and a declaration of assent to articles of religion from 1588.^(OED 1989) Subscribing money to a fund or stock is first recorded in 1647 (the 1640s),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) a sum contributed for a purpose by the 1670s,^(Etymonline) and subscribing to a periodical publication in 1679.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1409 – a writing underneath.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1483 – a signature.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1588 – assent to articles.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1647 – subscribing money.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1679 – a subscription to a periodical.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An advance payment for issues of a [[periodical]], a series of performances or a service over a set period.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The raising of money from subscribers, or the sum raised.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Membership fees paid regularly to a society or club.^(Collins 2023)

+ # Assent to articles of faith, shown by signing one's name.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subscriptive]]

+ * [[subscriptively]]

+ * [[nonsubscription]]

+ * [[resubscription]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[subscribe]]

+ * [[subscriber]]

+ * [[script]]

+ * [[scribe]]

+ * [[inscription]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}