[skrip] 
| 1. | a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing. |
| 2. | a scrap of paper. |
| 3. | Finance.
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| 4. | paper currency in denominations of less than one dollar, formerly issued in the United States. |
[skrip] | a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers. |
[skrip] | a prescription, as for a drug. |
| scrip 1 (skrĭp) n.
[Perhaps alteration of script.] |
| scrip 2 (skrĭp) n.
[Short for subscription receipt, receipt for a portion of a loan.] |
| scrip 3 (skrĭp) n. Archaic A wallet, small satchel, or bag. [Middle English scrippe.] |
Scrip
1. A written document that acknowledges a debt.
2. A temporary document representing a fraction of a share resulting from a split or spin-off. Scrips may be applied to the purchase of full shares.
Investopedia Commentary
Historically, companies short of cash have paid scrip dividends instead of cash dividends.
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Scrip
a small bag or wallet usually fastened to the girdle (1 Sam. 17:40); "a shepherd's bag." In the New Testament it is the rendering of Gr. pera, which was a bag carried by travellers and shepherds, generally made of skin (Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4). The name "scrip" is meant to denote that the bag was intended to hold scraps, fragments, as if scraped off from larger articles, trifles.