scrip

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scrip1

▶noun

• 1 a provisional certificate of money subscribed to a bank or company, entitling the holder to a formal certificate and dividends.

  ■ certificates of this type collectively.

  ■ Finance an issue of additional shares to shareholders in proportion to the shares already held.

• 2 N. Amer. a certificate entitling the holder to acquire possession of certain portions of public land.

• 3 N. Amer. historical paper money in amounts of less than a dollar.

– origin C18: abbrev. of subscription receipt.

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scrip2

▶noun historical a small bag or pouch, as carried by a pilgrim, shepherd, or beggar.

– origin ME: prob. a shortening of OFr. escrepe ‘purse’.

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scrip3

▶noun another term for script2.