Definition of "scrip" in English

noun

1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.

   • Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.

2. (archaic) Small change.

   • In reading it in 1899, I am afraid that the readers of a hard, money generation may not know that "scrip" was in the sixties the name for small change.

noun

1. A scrap of paper.

2. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.

3. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.

noun

1. A share certificate.

noun

1. (informal) A medical prescription.