Meanings
nounabonnement (plural abonnements)
plural abonnements
- A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.First known use First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century.
Securities in respect of which no abonnement has been contracted will be described as "not under abonnement," and those subject to such an agreement will be indicated as "under abonnement."
1931, Mitchell Benedict Carroll, Taxation of Business in France, page 47
Origin
- Frenchabonner“subscribe”
- Frenchabonnement
- Englishabonnement
Borrowed from French abonnement, from French abonner (“subscribe”).
More words from French
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Chinese Mandarin 預約券 /预约券, 預約 /预约
- 預約券 /预约券 (yùyuēquàn)season ticket
- 預約 /预约 (yùyuē)season ticket
Finnish kausilippu
- kausilippuseason ticket
French abonnement
- abonnementseason ticket
German Abonnement
- Abonnementseason ticket
Norwegian Bokmål abonnement
- abonnementseason ticket
Russian абонеме́нт
- абонеме́нт (abonemént)season ticket
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APA
abonnement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abonnement
MLA
“abonnement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abonnement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abonnement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abonnement.
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