Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrip"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Scrip
a small bag or wallet usually fastened to the girdle (1 Sam.
17:40); "a shepherd's bag."
In the New Testament it is the rendering of Gr. pera, which
was a bag carried by travellers and shepherds, generally made of
skin (Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4). The name "scrip"
is meant to denote that the bag was intended to hold scraps,
fragments, as if scraped off from larger articles, trifles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrip \Scrip\, n. [OE. scrippe, probably of Scand. origin; cf.
Icel. & OSw. skreppa, and also LL. scrippum, OF. esquerpe,
escrepe, F. ['e]charpe scarf. Cf. {Scarp}, {Scarf} a piece of
dress.]
A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
And in requital ope his leathern scrip. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrip \Scrip\, n. [From script.]
1. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of
paper containing a writing.
Call them generally, man by man, according to the
scrip. --Shak.
Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till
scrips of paper can be made current coin. --Locke.
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.
3. Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scrip
n : a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and
payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into
currency
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