Scrip Definition

skrĭp
scrips
noun
A brief writing, as a note, list, receipt, etc.
Webster's New World
Paper money in amounts of less than a dollar, formerly issued in the U.S.; fractional currency.
Webster's New World
Stock, as issued by companies.
American Heritage
A small piece or scrap, esp. of paper.
Webster's New World
A certificate of a right to receive something.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scrip

Noun

Singular:
scrip
Plural:
scrips

Origin of Scrip

  • An aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag"), a variant of escharpe, from Old Norse skreppa.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for subscription receipt receipt for a portion of a loan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from a conflation of script and scrap.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of subscription receipt.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of script

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Abbreviation of prescription.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English scrippe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Scrip Sentence Examples

  • Civil servants, who were paid in this depreciated scrip, suffered considerable distress.

  • Your nonprofit simply needs to sign up to participate in a gift card fundraising program offered through a reputable company like GiftCents.com or Great Lakes Scrip Center.

  • In the case of all quasi-public corporations rigid laws exist prohibiting the issue of stock or bonds unless the par value is first paid in; prohibiting the declaration of any stock or scrip dividend, and requiring that new stock shall be offered to stockholders at not less than its market value, to be determined by the proper state officials, any shares not so subscribed for to be sold by public auction.

  • Scrip is basically a electronic coupon which represents pre-paid value specific to a vendor.

  • If there is an enhanced scrip dividend we will ask you to decide whether to take the dividend in shares or in cash.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

PIPRIP

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