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noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
originFrom Middle English scrippe, an aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag”), a variant of escharpe, from Old Norse skreppa. Cognate with Danish skreppe (“scrip”), Norwegian skreppa (“bag”). Doublet of scarf.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0