1. A regular payment for receiving a service, publication, or product
   "The streaming service charges a monthly subscription"
    
2. A pledged contribution
   "The magazine relies on subscriptions to fund its operations"
    
3. Signing up to receive regular communications or updates
   "Get news updates by email with a free subscription to our newsletter"
    
4. [formal] Agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
   "His subscription to the contract made it binding"; "She indicated her subscription to the terms with a signature"

Derived forms: subscriptions

Type of: agreement, contribution, donation, payment

Encyclopedia: Subscription