English

Etymology
Latin sub- 'under' + scribere 'to write'

Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /s�b�skraɪb/
audio|en-us-subscribe.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪb|-aɪb

Verb
en-verb|subscrib|ing

1. originally to write one�s name at the bottom of a document, to sign.
2. to sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

#* Would you like to subscribe to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?

1. to pay to receive some service, for example, internet access or a cell phone plan.
2. to believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

#* I don�t subscribe to that theory.

1. to pay money to be a member of an organization.
2. to contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

#* 1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography � ... under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;

1. to agree to buy shares in a company

#* 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations � The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent. only was paid up.

1. (obsolete?) to sign away; to yield; to surrender.
2. (obsolete?) to yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

Derived terms
subscriber
subscript
subscription

Translations
trans-top|To write underneath
Finnish: allekirjoittaa
trans-mid
Icelandic: að undirrita
Romanian: subscrie
trans-bottom

trans-top|To promise to contribute
Finnish: lahjoittaa
trans-mid
Romanian: subscrie
trans-bottom

trans-top|To sign up to receive a publication
Arabic: ARchar|اشتر� unicode|(ištáraka)
Chinese: ��, 订� (dìngyuè)
Dutch: abonneren
Finnish: tilata
French: s'abonner
German: abonnieren
Hungarian: el�fizetni
trans-mid
Italian: abbonarsi
Japanese: 購読�� (������, k�doku surú)
Korean: 구��� (gudokhada)
Portuguese: assinar
Russian: подпи��ва���� (podpísyvat�sja)
Spanish: subscribirse
Swedish: underteckna
trans-bottom

fr:subscribe
io:subscribe
it:subscribe
hu:subscribe
ja:subscribe
te:subscribe
vi:subscribe
zh:subscribe

• 2007-10-03 09:26 - Interwicket - iwiki +te

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