Subscription \Sub*scrip"tion\, n. [L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription.]

1. The act of subscribing.

2. That which is subscribed. Specifically:
   (a) A paper to which a signature is attached.
   (b) The signature attached to a paper.
   (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name.
   (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.

3. (Eccl.) 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.

4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]

You owe me no subscription. --Shak.

5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)