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   Scrip (?), n. [OE. scrippe, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & OSw. skreppa, and also LL. scrippum, OF. esquerpe, escrepe, F. écharpe scarf.  Cf. Scrap, Scarf a piece of dress.] A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic]  Chaucer.
   
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   And in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton.
   
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   Scrip, n. [From script.]
   1. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
   
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   Call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. Shak.
   
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   Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin. Locke.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.]
   
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