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–noun

1.	a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.

2.	a scrap of paper.

Finance.

a.	a certificate representing a fraction of a share of stock.

b.	a certificate to be exchanged for goods, as at a company store.

c.	a certificate indicating the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of cash, goods, or land.

4.	paper currency in denominations of less than one dollar, formerly issued in the United States.

[Origin: 1610–20; earliest sense “scrap of paper” perh. gradational var. of scrap¹; subsequent sense development shows influence of script and subscription, with def. 3a specifically a shortening of subscription receipt

]

—Related forms

scripless, adjective

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–noun Archaic.

a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME scrippe < ML scrippum pilgrim's pack < ?

]

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–noun Informal.

a prescription, as for a drug.

[Origin: 1965–70; shortening of prescription

]

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n.

Paper money issued for temporary emergency use.
A small scrap of paper, especially with a short list or schedule written on it.

[Perhaps alteration of script.]

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n.

A provisional certificate entitling the holder to a fractional share of stock or of other jointly owned property.
Such certificates considered as a group.

[Short for subscription receipt, receipt for a portion of a loan.]

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scrip³ Audio Help (skrĭp) Pronunciation Key
n. Archaic
A wallet, small satchel, or bag.

[Middle English scrippe.]

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"a certificate of a right to receive something (esp. a stock share)," 1762, probably shortened from (sub)scrip(tion) receipt. Originally "receipt for a portion of a loan subscribed," meaning "certificate issued as currency" first recorded 1790.

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noun
a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency

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Scrip\, n. [OE. scrippe, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & OSw. skreppa, and also LL. scrippum, OF. esquerpe, escrepe, F. ['e]charpe scarf. Cf. Scarp, Scarf a piece of dress.] A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] --Chaucer.

And in requital ope his leathern scrip. --Milton.

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Scrip\, n. [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. --Shak.

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 scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.

3. Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.]

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