scrip
/skɹɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A share certificate.
Example Sentences
- "Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around."
- "A night promising fair, scented, the moon in her third quarter, nightingales in the wood, WS, in worn cloak against the morning’s chill, empty scrip and purse, taking the road. —"
- "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."
- "Each unit of scrip you buy entitles you to one acre of the choicest land in North America."
- "According to the act, the beneficiary states could not locate the land; they were obliged to sell scrip to individuals, entitling them to choose lands as yet unlocated."
- "For instance, Angelique Bottineau Ouellette had her name added to the list of half-breeds seeking scrip under the terms of the 1854 treaty between the U.S. government and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Chippewa."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: scrippe, escrepe, skreppa