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sub·scribe  (sb-skrb)
v. sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes
v.tr.
1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).
2. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document.
3. To sign one's name to in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.
4. To authorize (someone) to receive or access electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet.
v.intr.
1.
a. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.
b. To receive or be allowed to access electronic texts or services by subscription.
2. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.
3. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.
4. To sign one's name.
5. To affix one's signature to a document as a witness or to show consent.

[Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrbere : sub-, sub- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

sub·scriber n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.subscriber - someone who expresses strong approval
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
2.subscriber - someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
customer, client - someone who pays for goods or services
3.subscriber - someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter - person who makes a gift of property

subscriber
noun reader, customer, regular reader I have been a subscriber to Railway Magazine for many years.
Translations
subscriber [səbˈskraɪbəʳ] N
1. (to magazine, newspaper) → su(b)scriptor(a) m/f, abonado/a m/f; (to pay TV, telephone, concert series) → abonado/a m/f; (to e-mail) → su(b)scriptor(a) m/f; (to charity) → donante mf; (to campaign) → partidario/a m/f, seguidor(a) m/f
2. (St Ex) → su(b)scriptor(a) m/f
subscriber [səbˈskraɪbər] n
(to magazine, newspaper)abonné(e) m/f
(to service)abonné(e) m/f
(to charity, organization)donateur/trice m/f
subscriber
n (to paper) → Abonnent(in) m(f); (to fund) → Spender(in) m(f), → Zeichner(in) m(f) (form); (Telec) → Teilnehmer(in) m(f); (to opinion) → Befürworter(in) m(f); (of shares)Zeichner(in) m(f); subscriber trunk dialling (Brit) → der Selbstwählferndienst
subscriber [səbˈskraɪbəʳ] n (to magazine, telephone) subscriber (to)abbonato/a (a)
subscriber [səbˈskraɪbəʳ] n (to magazine, telephone) subscriber (to)abbonato/a (a)


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She was a subscriber for all the "Health" periodicals and phrenological frauds; and the solemn ignorance they were inflated with was breath to her nostrils.
She held that, in such stirring and tremendous times as those in which they lived, it would be much more to the purpose if Dolly became a regular subscriber to the Thunderer, where she would have an opportunity of reading Lord George Gordon's speeches word for word, which would be a greater comfort and solace to her, than a hundred and fifty Blue Beards ever could impart.
I knew him to be habitually a play-goer and a subscriber to a theatrical newspaper.
 
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