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   scrip

   /skrɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a provisional certificate of money subscribed to a bank or company, entitling the holder to a formal certificate and dividends.
   • ▪ scrip certificates collectively.
   • ▪ an issue of additional shares to shareholders in proportion to the shares already held.
   • 2. a certificate entitling the holder to acquire possession of certain portions of public land. North American
   • 3. paper money in amounts of less than a dollar. historical North American

   Word Origin late 16th century (originally in the sense ‘a short note or document’): probably an alteration of scrap1; scrip1 (sense 1) is an abbreviation of subscription receipt.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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