English Dictionary

scrip

/skɹɪp/

noun

A scrap of paper. / A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land. / A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.

I found a scrip on the floor.

意味（1）

A scrap of paper.

意味（2）

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

Each unit of scrip you buy entitles you to one acre of the choicest land in North America.

意味（3）

A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.

A grievance that was both economic and psychological was the practice, common in some mills, especially prior to 1890, of paying in scrip that had to be redeemed for goods at a company store.

意味（4）

A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.

His actions provide a blueprint for crisis control that merits attention today. All these fiscal achievements removed most of the need for local scrip, accounting for the very few issues found in this section of the catalog.