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scrip

/skɹɪp/ noun

Categories: Money & PropertyRare Words

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about scrip at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
  2. Small change.

noun

  1. A scrap of paper.
  2. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
  3. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.

noun

  1. A share certificate.

noun

  1. A medical prescription.

Origin

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.

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