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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrip \Scrip\, n. [OE. scrippe probably of Scand. origin; cf Icel. & OSw. skreppa and also LL scrippum OF esquerpe escrepe, F. ['e]charpe scarf. Cf {Scarp}, {Scarf} a piece of dress.] A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] --Chaucer. And in requital ope his leathern scrip. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrip \Scrip\, n. [From script.] 1. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing. Call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. --Shak. Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin. --Locke. 2. A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate. 3. Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scrip n : a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Scrip a small bag or wallet usually fastened to the girdle (1 Sam. 17:40); "a shepherd's bag." In the New Testament it is the rendering of Gr pera, which was a bag carried by travellers and shepherds, generally made of skin (Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4). The name scrip" is meant to denote that the bag was intended to hold scraps, fragments, as if scraped off from larger articles, trifles.
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