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subscribe
Verb
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To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?
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To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
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To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
I don’t subscribe to that theory.
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To pay money to be a member of an organization.
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To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
1913: Theodore Roosevelt, — ... 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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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.
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To write one's name at the bottom of a document, to sign.
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To sign away; to give up.
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To admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
loan
Noun
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A loan is money that you borrow and pay back later. Usually, you take a loan from a bank.
We've almost finished paying off our car loan.
We can't afford to buy the new TV without taking a loan.
I'd like to take out a loan for $5,000.
loan
Verb
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If you loan someone something, you lend it to them.
Please loan me your lawn mower.
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Loan in Hollywood studio speak means an actor is under contract to one studio and loaned to another studio to make one of their films.
He was loaned to MGM to make MGM's newest movie.