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scrip

1

[ skrip ]

noun

  1. a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
  2. a scrap of paper.
  3. 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.
  4. paper currency in denominations of less than one dollar, formerly issued in the United States.


scrip

2

[ skrip ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers.

scrip

3

[ skrip ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a prescription, as for a drug.

scrip

1

/ skrɪp /

noun

  1. a written certificate, list, etc
  2. a small scrap, esp of paper with writing on it
  3. finance
    1. a certificate representing a claim to part of a share of stock
    2. the shares allocated in a bonus issue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scrip

2

/ skrɪp /

noun

  1. informal.
    a medical prescription
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scrip

3

/ skrɪp /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a small bag or wallet, as carried by pilgrims
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • scripless adjective
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Word 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 1def 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of scrip1

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

Origin of scrip2

C20: short for prescription

Origin of scrip3

C14: from Old French escreppe, variant of escarpe scarf 1
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Example Sentences

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

“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?’

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.

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

The unsolicited cash proposal with an option for AGL shareholders to elect a scrip alternative provided limited other information about how the deal would be structured, Botten said.

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