scrip

scrip
scrip1
—scripless, adj.
/skrip/, n.
1. a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
2. a scrap of paper.
3. Finance.
a. a certificate representing a fraction of a share of stock.
b. a certificate to be exchanged for goods, as at a company store.
c. 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.
[1610-20; earliest sense "scrap of paper" perh. gradational var. of SCRAP1; subsequent sense development shows influence of SCRIPT and SUBSCRIPTION, with def. 3a specifically a shortening of subscription receipt]
scrip2
/skrip/, n. Archaic.
a bag or wallet carried by wayfarers.
[1250-1300; ME scrippe < ML scrippum pilgrim's pack < ?]
scrip3
/skrip/, n. Informal.
a prescription, as for a drug.
[1965-70; shortening of PRESCRIPTION]

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