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scrip

/skɹɪp/

scrip noun: a small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.

Noun (1)

scrip (countable and uncountable, plural scrips)

  1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
    • Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
    • 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. —1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
  2. (archaic) 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.1899, Edward Everett Hale, The Brick Moon and Other Stories, (Short Story Index Reprint Series), Project Gutenberg, [1999], Etext #1633

Noun (2)

scrip (countable and uncountable, plural scrips)

  1. A scrap of paper.
  2. 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.2014, James A. Michener, Texas: A Novel, page 369
    • 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.2014, Morris Bishop, A History of Cornell
  3. 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.2013, Neil Shafer, Tom Sheehan, Panic Scrip of 1893, 1907 and 1914, page 337
    • 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 1863.2014, Steve Whitfield, Kansas Paper Money: An Illustrated History, 1854–1935, page 69
    Synonyms:
    chitty
    1. Such a thing issued by a company as payment of wages.
      • A grievance that was both economic and psychological was the practice, common in some mills, especially prior to 1890, of paying in scrip that had to be redeemed for goods at a company store.2012, Paul D. Escott, Many Excellent People, page 232
      • He even forces Tim to give up his lessons at the WIDOW SMACK'S COTTAGE, so that he can earn a little in scrip from the TREE SAWMILL.2012, Robin Furth, Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance

Noun (3)

scrip (plural scrips)

  1. A share certificate.

Noun (4)

scrip (plural scrips)

  1. (informal) A medical prescription.
    Synonyms:
    script

scrip meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

scrip in Tamil

கைப்பை, ஒரு பங்கின் ஒரு கூறு, உரிமை ஆவணங்கள்

scrip in Urdu

لکھائی

scrip in Malayalam

എന്തെങ്കിലും എഴുതിയ തുണ്ടുകടലാസ്, മരുന്നുകുറിപ്പ്, കുറിപ്പടി, ചെറുസഞ്ചി

scrip in Kannada

ಹಕ್ಕಿನೋಲೆ, ಷೇರು ಪತ್ರ, ಬಂಡವಾಳ ಪತ್ರ, ಹಂಗಾಮಿ ರಸೀತಿ

Examples of scrip in a sentence

  • The new interior secretary also hastened to resolve the long simmering dispute over the payment of scrip to the dam workers.2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:
  • You look at your forty pieces of scrip, and you think: 'Hmm.2013, Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: The Babysitting Recession:
  • Dividends may be made in the form of cash, property, or scrip.2014, Joanne M. Flood, Wiley GAAP 2015, page 568:

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Synonyms of scrip

Forms of scrip

pluralscrips

Plural of scrip: scrips

Origin of scrip

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.

Probably from a conflation of script and scrap.

Abbreviation of subscription receipt.

Phrases with scrip

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Questions about scrip

What does scrip mean?
Scrip means a small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
What is scrip in Tamil?
Scrip in Tamil is கைப்பை, ஒரு பங்கின் ஒரு கூறு, உரிமை ஆவணங்கள். See Scrip meaning in Tamil.
How do you use scrip in a sentence?
The new interior secretary also hastened to resolve the long simmering dispute over the payment of scrip to the dam workers.
What part of speech is scrip?
Scrip is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrip?
Scrip is pronounced /skɹɪp/.
What is the plural of scrip?
The plural of scrip is scrips.

Words near scrip in the dictionary

  1. scringe
  2. scringed
  3. scringes
  4. scringing
  5. Scrioaștea
  6. scrip
  7. scripholder
  8. scripholders
  9. scripholding
  10. scripless
  11. scripophily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrip (page history and authors); scrip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrip (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrip (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrip (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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