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English Dictionary: Scrip by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrip
n
  1. a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
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. [82]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 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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