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.]
Scrip (?), n. [OE.
scrippe, probably of
Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & OSw. skreppa, and also LL. scrippum, OF. esquerpe, escrepe, F.
écharpe scarf. Cf. Scrap, 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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