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subscription

sub.scrip.tion \s*b-'skrip-sh*n\ n [ME subscripcioun signature, fr. L 
   subscription-, subscriptio], fr. subscriptus, pp. of subscribere 1a: the 
   acceptance (as of ecclesiastical articles of faith) attested by the  
   signing of one's name 1b: the act of signing one's name  2: something that 
   is subscribed : as  2a: an autograph signature; also : a paper to which a 
   signature is  attached 2b: a sum subscribed  2c: a purchase by signed order