subscription
Definitions
General English
- noun the amount of money which someone pays to a magazine for a series of issues
- noun money paid to a club for a year’s membership
- abbreviationsub
Accounting
- noun money paid in advance for a series of issues of a magazine, for membership of a society, or for access to information on a website
- noun money that is paid in advance for a series of issues of a magazine, for membership of a society or for access to information on a website or cable or satellite television services
Publishing
- noun the process by which a bookseller agrees to order a certain number of copies of a title from the publisher
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