Thesaurus: scrip

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1. n. A small bag; a wallet; a satchel.
2. n. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
3. n. 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.
4. n. Paper fractional currency.
5. n. a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
6. A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] Chaucer. And in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton. 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.]
7. A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] Chaucer.And in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton.
8. n:100 n. a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency