subscriptionsub·scrip·tion /səbˈskrɪpʃən/ noun1[countableC] an amount of money you pay regularly to receive a newspaper, magazine, or broadcasting or telephone servicesubscription toA subscription to their quarterly report costs $575 a year.
The World Service TV channel is a subscription service available to millions of homes around the world.
2[countableC, uncountableU]FINANCE when a company offers shares to the publicThey intend to raise £1.9 million via a share subscription.
The subscription price for the new shares was 225p.
3[uncountableU]FINANCE the act of asking to buy or agreeing to buy shares in a company25.2 million shares are available for subscription.
Existing shareholders have priority subscription rights (=the right to subscribe to shares before they are offered to anyone else).
4[countableC] British EnglishBrE an amount of money that you pay regularly to be a member of an organization or to help itSYN DUESsubscription for/tohis subscription for the Student Union