SCRIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrip mean? 

• SCRIP (noun)
  The noun SCRIP has 1 sense:

1. a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency

  Familiarity information: SCRIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("scrip" is a kind of...):

certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)

 Context examples 

Wouldst lose scrip and life too?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Jonas Oldacre then informed me that there were a number of documents—building leases, title-deeds, mortgages, scrip, and so forth—which it was necessary that I should see and understand.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nearly a hundred thousand pounds’ worth of American railway bonds, with a large amount of scrip in other mines and companies, was discovered in the bag.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His staff in one hand and his scrip in the other, with springy step and floating locks, he raced along the forest path, as active and as graceful as a young deer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cornelius might be a broker, but we have found no scrip to correspond with these large payments.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Abbot had rolled ten silver crowns in a lettuce-leaf and hid them away in the bottom of his scrip, but that would be a sorry support for twelve long months.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he begged from me one of my nails, and filling his scrip with stones, he went upon his way.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Know then that I have both in my scrip.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beside him on a green bank there sat a small man with a solemn face, and a great bundle of papers of all colors thrusting forth from the scrip which lay beside him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dropping his scrip, he bounded over the stream once more, and made for the two villains, with his staff whirled over his shoulder and his gray eyes blazing with fury.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)