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subscribe
has definitions from the field of writing
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[ verb ] off to buy, as of stocks and shares
Examples : "The broker subscribed 500 shares" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` We subscribe 500 shares of Morton Foods of Texas . (Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)This paper was signed by forty-five persons , subscribing a total of two hundred shares . |
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[ verb ] (writing) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
Synonyms Examples "She signed the letter and sent it off" "Please sign here" Used in print (Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)`` We , the Subscribers , do agree , that as soon as a convenient Number of Persons have subscribed to this , or a similar Writing , We will present a petition to the Hon ' ble General_Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , praying for an Act incorporating into a Body_politic the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such a Bridge , and a Right to demand a Toll equal_to that received at Malden_Bridge , and on like Terms , and if such an Act shall be obtained , then we severally agree each with the others , that we will hold in the said Bridge the several shares set against our respective Names , the whole into two hundred shares being divided , and that we will pay such sums_of_Money at such Times and in such Manners , as by the said proposed Corporation , shall be directed and required '' . |
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[ verb ] adopt as a belief
Examples "I subscribe to your view on abortion" Used in print (Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)We know that in the early part of the century many Protestant congregations took positive action against members who transgressed the ethical_codes to_which the majority subscribed . |
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[ verb ] pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
Synonyms Examples "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" Related terms |
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[ verb ] receive or obtain by regular payment
Synonyms Examples "We take the Times every day" |
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