What does subscription mean?
Word: Subscription
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Subscription means money paid regularly to receive something, such as a magazine, a club membership or a streaming service, for a set time.
Synonyms: membership
How do you spell subscription?
Syllables: sub - scrip - tion
Tricky part: The b of subscribe changes to a p in the noun, a change many students miss.
Watch out for: subscribtion, subcription, supscription
Memory tip: Describe, prescribe, subscribe: in all three, the b turns into a p when the verb becomes a noun.
Subscription in a sentence
Example 1: Papa renewed his subscription to the Sunday newspaper for another year.
Example 2: Our school pays a yearly subscription for an online science library.
Example 3: The gym offers a cheaper subscription if you pay for six months at once.
Fun Fact
The word comes from Latin subscribere, to write underneath: people once signed their names at the bottom of a list to promise money for a book or a cause.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
subscrip_i_n
a) s, o
b) t, a
c) s, a
d) t, o
Show answer
d) t, o. The noun ends in tion, so a t follows the p, just as in description.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:
1. delivary 2. subscription 3. renewl 4. editon
a) a regular payment to keep receiving a service
b) one printing or version of a book or paper
c) the act of making something valid again
d) the bringing of goods to a home or shop
Show answer
a) a regular payment to keep receiving a service. Edition needs an i after the t, renewal an a before the l, and delivery ends in ery; subscription is fine.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
My uncle gifted me a one-year pncrsbiusoit to a children's magazine.
a) superstition
b) subscriptions
c) substitution
d) subscription
Show answer
d) subscription. Subscriptions has one letter too many, and superstition and substitution need more t's than the jumble has.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word 'subscription' as used in the sentence:
The subscription for the swimming club went up to five hundred rupees a year this summer.
a) loan
b) prize
c) rule
d) fee
Show answer
d) fee. Here the subscription is the money each member pays, which is a fee.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you cancel a subscription, you ____.
a) pay double the next month
b) stop paying and stop receiving it
c) must buy it again in a shop
d) get a free gift every week
Show answer
b) stop paying and stop receiving it
2. A subscription is a good choice when you ____.
a) need something only once
b) want to borrow a friend's copy
c) want the same thing regularly
d) want to buy a used item
Show answer
c) want the same thing regularly
