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scrip¹

  • /skɹɪp/

Rhymes with -ɪp

Where it comes from

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.

noun scrips

  1. countable, uncountable A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.
  2. archaic, countable, uncountable 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.

scrip²

  • /skɹɪp/

Rhymes with -ɪp

Where it comes from

Probably from a conflation of script and scrap.

noun scrips

  1. countable, uncountable A scrap of paper.
  2. countable, uncountable 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.
  3. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: chitty

  4. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: chitty, chit, tommy

scrip³

  • /skɹɪp/

Rhymes with -ɪp

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of subscription receipt.

noun scrips

  1. A share certificate.

scrip⁴

  • /skɹɪp/

Rhymes with -ɪp

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of prescription.

noun scrips

  1. informal A medical prescription.

    Similar: script

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@misc{scrip_2026,
  title = {scrip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}