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scrip

noun
/skɹɪp/

Etymology

From Middle English scrippe, an aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag”), a variant of escharpe, from Old Norse skreppa. Cognate with Danish skreppe (“scrip”), Norwegian skreppa (“bag”). Doublet of scarf.

  1. derived from skreppa
  2. derived from escrepe — “purse, alms-bag”
  3. inherited from scrippe

Definitions

  1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.

    • Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.
    • 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. —

  2. Small change.

    • 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.

  3. A scrap of paper.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.

      • Each unit of scrip you buy entitles you to one acre of the choicest land in North America.
      • According to the act, the beneficiary states could not locate the land; they were obliged to sell scrip to individuals, entitling them to choose lands as yet unlocated.
      • For instance, Angelique Bottineau Ouellette had her name added to the list of half-breeds seeking scrip under the terms of the 1854 treaty between the U.S. government and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Chippewa.

    2. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a…

      A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.

      • His actions provide a blueprint for crisis control that merits attention today. All these fiscal achievements removed most of the need for local scrip, accounting for the very few issues found in this section of the catalog.
      • The issue and availability of true factional notes by the United States government, such as 10-cent and 25-cent notes, etc., did not eliminate the need for locally issued small scrip until the spring of 1863.

    3. A share certificate.

    4. A medical prescription.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA