subscription meaning
subscription :
membership, payment for regular service
noun
▪ I have a subscription to the magazine.
▪ I pay regularly to get the magazine.
▪ The subscription renews every year.
▪ The payment renews every year.
paraphrasing
▪ membership – regular payment to join
▪ enrollment – joining by paying
▪ contribution – payment for a service
▪ fee – payment for service
Pronunciation
subscription [səbˈskrɪpʃən]
The stress is on 'scrip' and sounds like 'sub-skrip-shun'.
Common phrases and grammar about subscription
subscription - Common meaning
noun
membership, payment for regular service
Part of Speech Changes for "subscription"
▪ subscribe (verb) – to pay regularly for something
▪ subscriber (noun) – a person who pays regularly
Common Expressions with "subscription"
▪ monthly subscription – pay every month
▪ annual subscription – pay every year
▪ digital subscription – pay for online service
▪ cancel a subscription – stop paying regularly
Important examples of subscription in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, subscription often refers to magazine or service payments.
Example of a confusing word: prescription (a medical authorization)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Subscription is used as a noun, often tested with verbs like renew, cancel, or start in TOEIC grammar questions.
subscription
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
subscription fee
'payment for a subscription', used when discussing costs.
subscribe to a belief
means 'to agree with an idea', used metaphorically.
Differences between similar words and subscription
subscription
,
membership
differences
Subscription is for receiving something regularly, while membership is for belonging to a group.
Words with the same origin as subscription
The origin of subscription
subscription comes from the Latin 'subscribere', meaning 'to write under', later evolving to mean 'agreeing to pay'.
Word structure
It has the prefix sub (under), root scrib (write), suffix tion (noun), and means 'to write under'.
Words with the same origin
The root of subscription is scrib (write). Words with the same root include describe (to write about), inscribe (to write on), prescribe (to write before).
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