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Webster 1913 Edition
Scrip
Scrip
,Noun.
[From
script
.] 1.
A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
Call them generally, man by man, according to the
scrip
. Shakespeare
Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till
scrips
of paper can be made current coin. Locke.
2.
A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments;
as, insurance
When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate. scrip
, consol scrip
, etc. 3.
Paper fractional currency.
[Colloq.U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Scrip
SCRIP
,Noun.
A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. David put five smooth stones in a scrip. 1Sam. 17. Matt. 10.
SCRIP
,Noun.
A small writing, certificate or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
Bills of exchange cannot pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin.
A certificate of stock subscribed to a bank or other company, or of a share of other joint property, is called in America a scrip.
Definition 2025
scrip
scrip
English
Noun
scrip (plural scrips)
- A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
- Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.
- 1964 Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
- A night promising fair, scented, the moon in her third quarter, nightingales in the wood, WS, in worn cloak against the morning’s chill, empty scrip and purse, taking the road. —
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
- Small change.
- 1899, Edward Everett Hale, The Brick Moon and Other Stories, (Short Story Index Reprint Series), Project Gutenberg, [1999], Etext #1633
- In reading it in 1899, I am afraid that the readers of a hard, money generation may not know that "scrip" was in the sixties the name for small change.
- 1899, Edward Everett Hale, The Brick Moon and Other Stories, (Short Story Index Reprint Series), Project Gutenberg, [1999], Etext #1633
Etymology 2
Probably from a conflation of script and scrap.
Noun
scrip (plural scrips)
- A scrap of paper.
- A document certifying possession of land, or in lieu of money.
- A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; chit.
- Any substitute for legal tender that is produced by a natural person or private legal person and is often a form of credit.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of subscription receipt.
Noun
scrip (plural scrips)
- A share certificate.
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of prescription.
Noun
scrip (plural scrips)
- (informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.