A payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

Agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

A pledged contribution

The act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television.

From the late 16th to the 18th centuries, books were published by subscription in English-speaking areas including Britain, Ireland, and British America.