the act of subscribing.-that which is subscribed.-a paper to which a signature is attached.-the signature attached to a paper.-consent or attestation by underwriting the name.-sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.-the acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (ch. of eng.), formal assent to the thirty-nine articles and the book of common prayer, required before ordination.-submission; obedience.-that part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.-a method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.