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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
  2. noun agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
  3. noun a pledged contribution

Etymology

From Latin subscriptiō; by surface analysis, sub- + script + -ion. All senses reflect (either literally or figuratively) the notion of signing one's own name beneath some promise or description to indicate that one agrees with it or agrees to it.

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