scrip

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.

   “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. —”

2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A scrap of paper.
4. (countable, uncountable)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.”

   “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.”

   “Then in 1858 he sent John White, Webster's former neighbour, to Hokianga to supervise the investigation and survey of the scrip claims; that is, those areas of land for which scrip had been granted in the 1840s and which the Crown now claimed to own.”

5. (countable, uncountable)A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued 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.”

   “The issue and availability of true factional notes by the United States government, such as 10-cent and 25-cent notes, etc., did not eliminate the need for locally issued small scrip until the spring of 1863.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.

   “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.”

   “He even forces Tim to give up his lessons at the WIDOW SMACK'S COTTAGE, so that he can earn a little in scrip from the TREE SAWMILL.”

   “The new interior secretary also hastened to resolve the long simmering dispute over the payment of scrip to the dam workers.”

   “Dividends may be made in the form of cash, property, or scrip.”

7. A share certificate.
8. (informal)A medical prescription.