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1. To give in common with others: chip in, contribute, donate. Informal kick in. Slang come across. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance: accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent, nod, yes. See agree/disagree.
3. To affix one's signature to: autograph, endorse, inscribe, sign, undersign. Idioms: put one's John Hancock on, set one's hand to. See law.

Definition: agree
Antonyms: disagree

To write underneath; to put a signature at the end of a printed or written instrument.

A subscribing witness is an individual who either sees the execution of a writing or hears its acknowledgment and signs his or her name as a witness upon the request of the executor of the agreement.

In relation to the law of corporations, a subscriber is one who has made an agreement to take a portion of the original issue of corporate stock.

Newly issued securities that an investor has agreed or stated his or her intent to buy prior to the issue date. When investors use rights, they expect to own the designated number of shares to which they have subscribed once the offering is complete.

Investopedia Says:
The goal of an investment bank in a public offering of securities is to have enough subscribed investors for the issue. Essentially, you can view a subscription to a public offering as an order to purchase soon-to-be issued shares from your brokerage firm.

The investment bank handling a public offering tries to determine which offering price will result in an optimal number of share subscriptions; too many subscriptions will not impress the issuing company, as it is likely to prefer a higher offering price. Conversely, too few subscriptions might result in the investment bank being unable to sell its entire inventory of the security issue, exposing it to significant losses.

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The person, usually the employee, who represents the family unit in relation to the prepayment plan. Other family members are dependents. Also called certificate holders or enrollees.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - abonnere, bidrage, tegne sig for, underskrive, undertegne
v. intr. - bidrage, tegne sig , underskrive, undertegne

idioms:

• subscribe for    abonnere på

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderschrijven, abonneren, steunen, ondertekenen

Français (French)
v. tr. - souscrire, signer
v. intr. - partager (des vues), souscrire, signer, s'abonner, (Fin) souscrire à, donner (de l'argent) à

idioms:

• subscribe for    souscrire à
• subscribe to    donner de l'argent à

Deutsch (German)
v. - unterzeichnen, abonnieren

idioms:

• subscribe for    vorbestellen
• subscribe to    unterzeichnen, [eine Zeitung] abbonieren, sich einer Sache (Dat) anschließen, eine Spende für etw. zusichern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνεισφέρω, είμαι συνδρομητής, (προσ)υπογράφω, εγγράφομαι (σε ομολογιακό δάνειο κτλ.), διάκειμαι ευμενώς

idioms:

• subscribe for    γράφομαι συνδρομητής σε

Italiano (Italian)
sottoscrivere

idioms:

• subscribe for    abbonarsi a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - assinar, subscrever

idioms:

• subscribe for    assinar

Русский (Russian)
жертвовать деньги по подписке, подписываться (на что-л.), абонировать, соглашаться

idioms:

• subscribe for    подписаться на (что-л.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - suscribir, firmar, aprobar, ser partidario de
v. intr. - firmar, aprobar, suscribirse, aceptar

idioms:

• subscribe for    subscribirse a
• subscribe to    presentarse para participar en, mostrarse conforme con, asumir el pago de una emisión de acciones, pagar o garantizar el pago para una emisión de acciones

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - prenumerera, teckna, skriva på, betala medlemsavgift, bidra med, skänka, subskribera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
捐献, 签署, 赞成, 捐款, 同意

idioms:

• subscribe for    预订, 认购

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 捐獻, 簽署
v. intr. - 贊成, 捐款, 同意

idioms:

• subscribe for    預訂, 認購

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 기부하다, 출자하다, ~에 동의하다
v. intr. - 기부를 약속하다, 예약하다, 서명하다

idioms:

• subscribe for    ~을 기부하다, (잡지를) 예약 구독하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 承諾する, 寄付する, 応募する, 予約する, 署名する, 寄付簿に記名する, 同意する, 購読する

idioms:

• subscribe for    申し込む, 予約する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يؤيد , يكتتب , يشترك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חתם (על עיתון וכו'), תרם, הבטיח לתרום, כתב (את שמו) או חתם בתחתית מסמך‬
v. intr. - ‮היה מנוי על, הצטרף לרשימת התורמים, התחייב לתרום, הביע הסכמה לדיעה, להחלטה וכו'‬