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By subscription vs By subscribing

Both 'by subscription' and 'by subscribing' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'By subscription' is used to refer to a payment method or service that is paid for in advance for a set period, while 'by subscribing' is used to indicate the action of signing up for a service or publication.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 704 views

By subscription

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a payment method or service that is paid for in advance for a set period.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is paid for in advance for a specific period, such as a magazine, a streaming service, or a membership.

Examples:

  • You can access all the content on the website by subscription.
  • The magazine offers a monthly subscription for its readers.
  • The gym membership is available by subscription only.
  • The first subparagraph shall not apply to credit ratings that are distributed by subscription.
  • This shall coincide with the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of publication of the action or distribution by subscription.
  • in 2007, a final contribution of €22 million by subscription to preference shares with which Fintecna will ultimately have acquired 69,7 % of AZ Servizi's share capital and will continue to hold 51 % of the ordinary capital.
  • c) in 2007, a final contribution of €22 million by subscription to preference shares with which Fintecna will ultimately have acquired 69,7 % of AZ Servizi's share capital and will continue to hold 51 % of the ordinary capital.
  • any other securities normally dealt in giving the right to acquire any such transferable securities by subscription or exchange or giving rise to a cash settlement
  • and other forms of securitized debt which are negotiable on a regulated market and any other transferable securities normally dealt in giving the right to acquire any such transferable securities by subscription or exchange or giving rise to cash settlement;
  • The proposal obliges credit rating agencies to disclose ratings on a non-selective basis and in a timely manner, unless the ratings are only distributed by subscription.
  • The CRAs Regulation aims to ensure that the processes for credit ratings issued in the European Union disclosed publicly or distributed by subscription are of adequate quality.
  • Miss, I also have a lending library by subscription.
  • The first subparagraph shall also apply to credit ratings that are distributed by subscription.
  • Online television programming and broadcasting services, except by subscription
  • E-commerce refers to the provision of services delivered by Internet and radio and TV services provided by subscription or 'pay per view'.
  • (a) private credit ratings provided exclusively to the person that ordered them and which are not intended for public disclosure or distribution by subscription;
  • by Finland in respect of the supply of newspapers and periodicals sold by subscription and the printing of publications distributed to the members of corporations for the public good;
  • in 2005, a total contribution of €130 million comprising: €98 million by subscription to ordinary shares with which Fintecna will acquire 51 % of the share capital of AZ Servizi and €32 million in preference shares.
  • Third, the proposed regulation only applies to credit ratings that are distributed by subscription or disclosed publicly.
  • produced on an individual order and provided exclusively to the person that ordered them and which are not intended for public disclosure or distribution by subscription; or

Alternatives:

  • through subscription
  • via subscription
  • with a subscription
  • by paying for a subscription
  • by signing up for a subscription

By subscribing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the action of signing up for a service or publication.

This phrase is used to describe the act of registering or signing up for a service, such as a newsletter, a channel, or a membership.

Examples:

  • You can access the premium content by subscribing to the channel.
  • She stays updated on the latest news by subscribing to the newspaper.
  • By subscribing to the mailing list, you will receive exclusive offers.
  • The European Union should now go beyond declarations of intent, develop the positive resolutions that it has adopted by subscribing to the platform of measures and the declaration of the 1995 Beijing Conference, and put them into practice, especially in its development aid policy.
  • Dakar has given a clear response by subscribing for 320 million.
  • (b) non-euro area specialised credit institutions shall store the frontloaded euro banknotes safely in order to avoid theft, robbery or damage and they shall cover those risks at least, by subscribing to appropriate insurance policies or by any other appropriate means;
  • Hence, by subscribing to the Council's way of thinking, the European Parliament is doing no more than vainly attempting to disguise these needs, which are undeniable.
  • Personal protection insurance may be taken out either as a group policy, by subscribing to a group policy through the employer, an occupational or inter-occupational sector, or in an individual capacity by approaching an insurance undertaking or mutual society directly.
  • The United States has now joined us in the fight against climate change by largely subscribing to our views.
  • The implementation of the second phase will be subject to prior deliberation by the subscribing States on the e-ICC at the Annual Meeting.
  • Mr President, in order to avoid repetition, I should like to start by referring and subscribing fully to everything that Mr Posselt has said.
  • (a) receive all payments made by investors when subscribing units or shares of an AIF managed by the AIFM and book them on behalf of the AIFM in a segregated account;
  • Similarly, the Commission has set out to increase the number of households subscribing to Internet connections above 100 Mbps by 50 %.
  • This project will raise awareness of both missile non-proliferation and the HCoC by organising several events aimed at engaging non-subscribing States.
  • By suggesting liberalisation of services and subscribing to the agreement on intellectual property rights (which authorises the patentability of living organisms), it is endangering the ACP countries' attempts at endogenous development.
  • In the past, the European Union tried to overcome remaining loopholes in the implementation of the Code and its universality by organising a workshop of subscribing and non-subscribing States to the Code in the margins of the 2007 Annual Meeting.
  • In the past, the Union tried to overcome remaining loopholes in the implementation of the Code and its universality by organising a workshop of subscribing and non-subscribing States to the Code in the margins of the 2007 Annual Meeting.
  • 1 see Part III, Section IV. (e). suggesting that a large number of policyholders felt misled or deceived by ELAS and the Regulators when subscribing to and voting in favour of the Compromise Scheme.
  • Nº 1817/2008 by Agustín Campos Flores (Spanish), on the possibility of subscribing to various television channels without being a resident of the country
  • Experts from subscribing States to the Code or non-subscribing States may be considered as third party participants.
  • provision of means, including the supply of ad hoc premises as well as transportation by a third party, allowing self-delivery by mutual exchange of postal items between users subscribing to this service;
  • Parliament decided by a large majority, following a passionate debate in February in Brussels, not to subscribe to these sanctions and today, with such a small minority, with so few present, we are subscribing to these sanctions.
  • 11 countries, the number of banks subscribing to the ICP convention is approximately at the same level as the number subscribing to Credeuro.

Alternatives:

  • by signing up
  • by registering
  • by enrolling
  • by joining
  • by becoming a member

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