subscription
n. countablen. an agreement where you pay a regular amount of money to receive a service or product. You might have one for a magazine, a gym, or a streaming app.
n. an arrangement to receive something regularly, typically a publication or service, by paying in advance. Often used in digital contexts to describe recurring access to software or media.
I cancelled my gym subscription because I never went.
The newspaper offers a monthly subscription that includes full access to their digital archives and daily puzzles.
The shift from one-time purchases to a subscription model has fundamentally altered how software companies project their long-term revenue and manage customer relationships.
From Latin subscriptiō; by surface analysis, sub- + script + -ion.
Often takes the preposition 'to' when identifying the service ('a subscription to the magazine').
I have a subscription of NetflixI have a subscription to NetflixSubscription typically takes the preposition 'to' rather than 'of' when referring to the service provider.