verb
subscribe
To pledge or contribute money to a fund.
Local businesses subscribe money to a fund for school repairs.
Etymology
Writing one’s name under a pledge records a commitment. The financial sense preserves that promise to contribute a stated amount.
More examples
- Several donors subscribed $500 each to the building fund.
- Our club subscribes to a fund that helps families after disasters.
- The committee hopes to raise $10,000 by asking members to subscribe.
Forms
subscribe · subscribes · subscribed · subscribing
subscription noun — A pledge or payment to a fund.
Similar words
- contribute
- Emphasizes giving a share, rather than promising financial support.
- donate
- Emphasizes giving money outright rather than pledging it.
- pledge
- Emphasizes the promise to give, not the payment itself.