Noah Webster
Subscription
SUBSCRIP'TION, noun [Latin subscriptio.] Any thing, particularly a paper, with names subscribed.
1. The act of subscribing or writing one's name underneath; name subscribed; signature.
2. Consent or attestation given by underwriting the name.
3. The act of contributing to any undertaking.
4. Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed. We speak of an individual subscription or of the whole subscription to a fund.
5. Submission; obedience. [Not in use.]