scrip
A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etcA small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
(countable, uncountable)A scrap of paper.
(countable, uncountable)A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
(countable, uncountable)A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
(countable, uncountable)Such a thing issued by a company as payment of wages.
A share certificate.
(informal)A medical prescription.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Small change.
- a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
Origin
From Middle English scrippe, an aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag”), a variFrom 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.
Abbreviation of prescription.
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