scrip1
n.
- a provisional certificate of money subscribed to a bank or company, entitling the holder to a formal certificate and dividends.
▸certificates of this type collectively.
▸Finance an issue of additional shares to shareholders in proportion to the shares already held.
- N. Amer. a certificate entitling the holder to acquire possession of certain portions of public land.
- N. Amer. historical paper money in amounts of less than a dollar.
Etymology
C18: abbrev. of subscription receipt.
scrip2
n.
historical a small bag or pouch, as carried by a pilgrim, shepherd, or beggar.
Etymology
ME: prob. a shortening of OFr. escrepe ‘purse’.