SCRIP Definition & Meaning

scrip

[skrip]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
a scrap of paper.
Finance.��
1. a certificate representing a fraction of a share of stock.
2. a certificate to be exchanged for goods, as at a company store.
3. a certificate indicating the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of cash, goods, or land.
paper currency in denominations of less than one dollar, formerly issued in the United States.

scrip

[skrip]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Archaic.

a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers.

scrip

[skrip]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

a prescription, as for a drug.

scrip

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a written certificate, list, etc
a small scrap, esp of paper with writing on it
finance
1. a certificate representing a claim to part of a share of stock
2. the shares allocated in a bonus issue

scrip

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

archaic��a small bag or wallet, as carried by pilgrims

scrip

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

informal��a medical prescription

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

scripless adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scrip¹

First recorded in 1610–20; earliest sense “scrap of paper” perhaps a variant of scrap ¹; subsequent sense development shows influence of script and subscription, with scrip ¹ def. 3a specifically a shortening of subscription receipt

Origin of scrip²

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English scrip(pe), skreppe “bag, satchel, pilgrim's purse,” from Old French escharpe, escherpe, escreppe, Medieval Latin scrippa, scrippum, scerpa, schrippa “pilgrim's pack,” via Frankish from Latin scirpea “large reed basket,” derivative of scirpus “reed, bulrush”

Origin of scrip³

First recorded in 1915–20; shortening of prescription

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scrip¹

C18: in some senses, probably from _script ; otherwise, short for subscription receipt

Origin of scrip²

C14: from Old French escreppe, variant of escarpe _scarf ¹

Origin of scrip³

C20: short for _prescription

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In privatized company towns, workers are paid in scrip and kept in permanent debt.

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Her medical provider was able to send the scrip to a different pharmacist, who provided the medication that day.

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“I never asked to see a scrip, and I never asked to go up to the set, even though all my gay friends were saying, ‘Are you out of your mind?’

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Neon was independent, a free town where U.S. government greenbacks, not company scrip, was legal tender — but it thrived off the glow of coal nearby.

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They lived in barracks or tents and were paid — 80 cents a day in scrip — to work for local farmers.

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scrinium scrip dividend

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