Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-SCRIP'TION, n. [L. subscriptio.]

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