Subscribe vs. Suscribe

Subscribe vs. Suscribe — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Subscribe and Suscribe

Subscribeverb

(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

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Suscribeverb

misspelling of subscribe

Subscribeverb

To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

Subscribeverb

To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

I don’t subscribe to that theory.

Subscribeverb

To pay money to be a member of an organization.

Subscribeverb

(intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — ... under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;
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Subscribeverb

(transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

Each man subscribed ten dollars.

Subscribeverb

To agree to buy shares in a company.

1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.

Subscribeverb

(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.

Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.''

Subscribeverb

(archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

Subscribeverb

(obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

Subscribeverb

(obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

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Subscribeverb

To declare over one's signature; to publish.

Subscribeverb

offer to buy, as of stocks and shares;

The broker subscribed 500 shares

Subscribeverb

mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);

She signed the letter and sent it offPlease sign here

Subscribeverb

adopt as a belief;

I subscribe to your view on abortion

Subscribeverb

pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;

I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station

Subscribeverb

receive or obtain by regular payment;

We take the Times every day