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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
  2. verb mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
  3. verb adopt as a belief

Etymology

From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere (“write beneath”). Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.

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