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scripn.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French escripe, escrepe; Latin scrippa. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman escripe, escrippe, variants of Anglo-Norman escrepe, Anglo-Norman and Middle French (Northern) escreppe, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French escherpe, Old French, Middle French escharpe small bag or pouch, especially one carried by a pilgrim (c1135; French écharpe > scarf n.1), with loss of the unstressed initial vowel, and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin scrippa, scrippum small bag or pouch carried by a pilgrim (8th cent.), both < an unattested Frankish borrowing (with metathesis) of classical Latin scirpus reed (see scirpean adj.); compare classical Latin scirpea basket. Compare shrip n.Compare Old Icelandic skreppa , Old Swedish skräppa (Swedish regional skräppa ), Old Danish skrepe (Danish skræppe ), in the same sense, which probably also ultimately reflect a borrowing < French. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Geoffrey Scrippe (1260). The β. forms probably arose by metanalysis after a genitive -s ending (compare quot. 1440). Now archaic or historical. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > used by pilgrims, beggars, etc. c1300 (?c1225) (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1061 Horn tok burdon & scrippe. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 40 He ches to hym fyue moost cleer stones..& he putte hem in to þe shepperdis scrippe þat he hadde with hym. a1400 W. Langland (Corpus Cambr.) (1873) C. viii. l. 180 Scrippe [c1400 Huntington HM 137 Ich seyh neuere palmere whith pyk ne with shrippe Asken after hym]. (Harl. 221) 445 Scheperdys cryppe [?a1475 Winch. scrype], manticula. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. cclxiiv/1 He..clad hym with thabyte of a pylgryme,..a scryppe on his sholder, and a pylgryms staf in his right honde. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2473 in (1981) 92 With pyikstaff and with scrip to fair off toun. 1532 Romaunt Rose in f. clxvii She had a burdowne al of thefte..And a skryppe of faynte distresse. 1587 R. Greene sig. D Fallen from a Crowne to a Cottage, and from a Scepter almost to a Scrip. 1611 Matt. x.10 Prouide neither gold, nor siluer, nor brasse in your purses, Nor scrippe for your iourney. 1648 R. Herrick sig. F7v He laid his little scrip Of hony, 'fore her Ladiship. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer III. xiii. 506 At his side a wretched scrip was hung, Wide-patch'd, and knotted to a twisted thong. 1766 O. Goldsmith Ballad [the Hermit] in I. viii. 71 A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied. 1841 C. Dickens xlv. 197 He wore, hanging with a long strap round his neck, a kind of scrip or wallet, in which to carry food. 1868 W. Morris ii. 458 A staff he bore, but nowise was he bent With scrip or wallet. 1974 R. Adams xxxiv. 283 The youth..stood up, opened his scrip and put it into Kelderek's hands. It contained black bread, goat's cheese. 2009 S. Welch 24 The pilgrim would carry..a bag or scrip, usually with a strap going across the body, which contained..food, water, and a few other items for the journey. Derivatives 1530 J. Palsgrave 799 Scryppe wyse, lyke or in maner of a scryppe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scripn.2Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrip v.2 Etymology: Apparently < scrip v.2 (although this is first attested later). Scottish. Obsolete. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > piece or instance of 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 143 Ane maid a scrip and tyt at his lang suorde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). scripn.3 Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: scrap n.1 Etymology: Apparently an alteration of scrap n.1, with the high front vowel /ɪ/ perhaps partly expressive of smallness, but probably also partly influenced by association with script n.1 Compare also slightly earlier scribe n.2 1 and later scrape n.1 2b.In branch II. probably after scrip n.4 I. A piece of writing, a piece of paper. 1581 tr. H. Languet sig. C4 My father..affirmed, that not onely militarie testamentes or willes, but also little scrippes or scrolles, to be of such value & force. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 3 You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrippe. a1687 C. Cotton (1689) 129 Write the least Scrip you will, and send it, And I will bless and kiss the hand that pen'd it. 1710 R. Ward Pref. It was the Expression of a very great Person, That not a Scrip of the Doctor's should be lost. 1775 T. Jefferson Let. 31 Oct. in (1950) I. 251 I have never received the scrip of a pen from any mortal breathing. 1779 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams (1876) 357 For God's sake never reproach me again with not writing or with writing scrips. 1812 Feb. 131 The captain told us he had a good deal of money in his hands, without the scrip of a pen to shew for it. a1869 C. Spence (1898) 168 There every scrip must settled be Before another drop we pree. 1874 24 Jan. 66/1 [Kent] I sent you a ‘scrip’ at once, to thank you for the parcel, and now write more fully. 1909 13 Apr. 2/3 When I write to you, I often sigh To see so poor a scrip. 1916 J. G. Cruickshank 46 Boy, car' dis scrip to Mis' Jackson. 1939 in L. Winer (2009) 796/1 You are a wellup man, and if I does get a scrip from you I can get a job. 1996 R. Allsopp 493/2 She sent the headmaster a scrip to tell him that she was ill. 1606 T. Heywood sig. Hv No, no my Soueraigne, Ile take thine owne word without skrip or scrowle. 1636 R. Chamberlain xx. 11 I have of late met with an honest Scrivener that will lend me at any time twenty pounds upon my own Bond without Scrip or Scrowle. 1670 T. Case iii. 110 What avail will it be at death and judgment, to have had assurance of many large earthly possessions while they lived, and then to have neither scrip nor scrol (as we say) to shew for heaven. 1836 G. Head 271 His landlord allowed an abatement successively from eight hundred to six hundred, and thence to the present rent; this without scrip or scroll. 1852 T. Garrard vii. 313 There is neither scrip nor scroll to testify his presence in the City. society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > small piece or scrap of paper, usually with writing the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in (1620) II. 92 There is not the least scrip of the bill kept in hand for any second demand, when once the bond is cancelled. 1676 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson (1878) I. 134 I punish myself yt I may revenge myself on you for yr little scripps of paper. 1681 E. Murphy 10 He would not save the least scrip of his goods. 1692 J. Locke 25 That cannot be till scrips of Paper can be made current Coin. 1704 J. Pitts v. 33 They'll not suffer a scrip of clean Paper to lie on the Ground. 1754 J. Shebbeare I. xlii. 306 Of such strange Importance can Love make a Scrip of Paper, and a few black Lines. 1860 2 June 1/1 James came in hurriedly, bearing a scrip of paper which had been given him by the housekeeper. 1999 P. K. Davis i. 9 Dickens had escaped, encamped at his desk, littered now with scrips of blue paper. 4. 1781 W. Cowper 4 Feb. (1979) I. 438 I have transcrib'd another [copy] for myself, the Original being written on so many Scrips and Scraps that it would be very troublesome to range them. 1819 S. T. Coleridge (1959) IV. 931 As Mr Davies well recollects that as to Scrips and Scraps I have none in the first place. 1876 M. Leathes 87 A row of bags..containing all sorts of scrips and scraps useful for mending. 1931 C. Mallock (title) Jumble book. Scrips & scraps written for Hugh and Thomas de Sausmarez. 1992 5 May (Arts section) 3/7 After Easter and with the summer yet to come, scrips and scraps of stuff fill the [radio] schedules. 2007 31 Oct. 11/1 These [recipes]..come from scrips and scraps of paper collected and taped on binder pages. 1809 W. Irving I. Pref. p. xxii And here have I..collected, collated and arranged them [sc. matters]; scrip and scrap. II. As a mass noun. Promissory notes, currency, and related senses. 5. Originally and chiefly U.S.society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > voucher > specific kind of 1818 16 Apr. He made the deposit in ‘effective specie’, which the same Treasury owed him, viz.: in Libramientoes, i.e. Treasury Notes, or Cash Scrip. 1875 S. P. Bates i. 24 Doubtless our merchants and druggists would have preferred greenbacks to Confederate scrip. 1891 Treasury Dept.: Rep. Internal Commerce 860 in (51st Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 6, Pt. 2) XXIV They [sc. the Mormons] never had much else but their local scrip for currency among themselves. 1934 Monopoly game..‘Monopoly’ consists of..necessary houses and hotels, title cards for every property and sufficient scrip for four to nine players. 1971 25 Apr. 69/4 Four big boxes of scrip, issued by the Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1862 to give change to customers without the exact fare, have been discovered. 2001 B. Lietaer 43 Frequent-flyer miles or Internet money are just early examples of corporate scrip. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > other than in money 1874 486 The worker..can at all times get the company's store scrip, provided they are indebted to him to the amount he asks for; he therefore takes it and uses it to buy anything he requires. 1893 Oct. 488/2 Each laborer..has received payment in company scrip... The scrip is receivable for material from the company's store-house. 1943 S. Menefee iii. ix. 211 The workers are no longer paid in ‘scrip’ usable only in the company stores. 2000 31 July 10/1 Up until World War II, miners here were paid in scrip, company money with which they bought food and other supplies at the company store. 6. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > proof of > document > with reference to public land 1819 (U.S. House Rep. 2, 16th Congr., 1st Sess.) 6 They see no reason to change the relief suggested..recommending that scrip be issued to the parties interested..and that this scrip..shall be receivable for any lands to be sold in the state of Alabama. 1837 in (1838) I. 266 It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the general land office..to cause so much of the vacant lands of the republic to be surveyed and sectionized..as will be sufficient to satisfy all claims against the government for scrip sold, soldiers' claims, and head rights. 1858 Sept. 350/2 By the terms of the bill [sc. Morill's Land Bill], scrip was to be issued to those states in which there is no public land. 1884 10 June 4994/2 [The lumbermen] have long been in the habit of getting it [sc. pineland] under different forms of scrip, under the soldiers' additional scrip, under the Sioux half-breed scrip, [etc.]. 1977 46 47 The Federal support made available to each state from the initial Morrill Act came about as a result of the sale of thirty thousand acres of land or the equivalent in scrip for each representative and senator in Congress. 2010 S. L. Turner 36 The Republic of Texas issued scrip redeemable in public land as payment to those who had fought in the War of Independence. 1874 8 112 To grant to each Half-breed head of a family resident in Manitoba on the 15th July, 1870, 160 acres of land, or scrip for $160, receivable on payment for Dominion lands. 1905 25 May 6490 This whole question of giving money-scrip and land-scrip to the half-breeds..was debated. 1985 16 283/2 The coalfields around Lethbridge, Alberta were fraudulently acquired by the Galt family through Métis scrip. 2015 M. Hogue v. 188 In the 1870s, scrip became the Canadian government's chief mechanism to satisfy Metis land claims. 1871 C. E. K. Davis xiii. 170 What a quantity of pennies! and five and three cent bits, and half-a-dozen or so of pieces of ten-cent scrip! 1880 W. D. Howells x. 142 ‘There,’ she said, handing Egeria some bits of scrip, ‘it's ten cents apiece to the Junction.’ 1884 Jan. 407/1 The sight of coin is a reminder of the days before greenbacks and scrip had been born of rebellion. 1964 C. Sweeny et al. in E. P. Neufeld ii. iv. 173 To replace it [sc. silver], the government made an issue of fractional currency, twenty-five cent scrip. 2006 A. E. Masich (2008) iv. 96 Citizens disliked government scrip, but specie was in short supply. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scripn.4 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: subscription n. Etymology: Ultimately shortened < subscription n., in sense 1 as a shortening of subscription receipt n. at Compounds 5, in sense 2 as a shortening of subscription price n. at Compounds 5. Compare scrip n.3 II. 1. Stock Market. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > certificates ?1734 in (Brit. Mus.) (1877) III. i. 1 A Thousand Pound Scrip. 1795 P. M. Freneau 430 In Scrip (not Scripture) he was fond to plod, Scrip was his prayer-book, scrip his word of God: Scrip was his joy, and scrip his dear delight. 1809 29 Sept. The quantity of stock to which each subscriber shall be entitled in this company, until scrips or certificates therefor shall be issued. 1850 T. Carlyle vii. 4 You find a dying railway, you say to it, Live, blossom anew with scrip. 1888 F. Hume i. ii. 23 With the small table before him covered with scrip. 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 677 The endowment policy, the bank passbook, the certificate of the possession of scrip. 1961 18 Aug. 4/4 The Madras Stock Exchange was very quiet today with trading restricted to just four scrips in the forward list. 1995 I. Dalla 21/1 Scrips of loan stocks or bonds are physically sent to the clearing house. 2002 8 Nov. 37/7 Many institutional investors have been dumping scrip in the Gold Coast-based surfwear maker ever since. 1750 9 Oct. Three 1-half per Ct. India Annuities, 1 7-8ths Pr. Three per Cent. ditto, 3-8ths. Disc. Scrip. 1750, 1-qr Disc. 1761 T. Mortimer iv. 149 The receipts for the 3 per Cent. Annuities, are called by the Brokers, Scrip. 1820 G. G. Carey 10 When the loan is in progress..the separate parts..are called Scrip. 1865 8 Nov. 847/2 ‘Scrip’..is applied to the stocks given in exchange for a loan, as Reduced Scrip, Consol Scrip, &c. 1920 H. E. Fisk xvii. 112 Transactions during the period before the loan was paid up in full might be either in the several classes of ‘scrip’ or in the ‘omnium’. 1846 G. D. Clark 15 The parties interested are holders of scrip which it is proposed shall be converted into shares or stock. 1860 N. Lindley I. i. v. 98 The shareholders of the scrip are required to exchange their certificates for share certificates. 1906 12 Dec. 3/6 There was a transfer for 25 shares... It was accompanied by the necessary scrips. 1946 29 Jan. 33/6 F. S. Smithers & Co. will buy or sell scrip for fractional shares of IBM... This will enable scrip holders either to acquire full shares of stock or dispose of the scrip. 2009 (Nexis) 5 Jan. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > wholesale or cost price > trade price > in book trade 1877 2 May 414/1 Low priced books, retailed at scrip, by aid of ‘sale’ prices and odd copies, yield about fifteen per cent. gross profit. 1897 3 July 8/2 Those dealers who refuse to come into the arrangement..should be supplied at no better terms than scrip. 1906 ix. 59 You must buy by the dozen when you get 13, sometimes at ‘Scrip,’ sometimes at ‘Sale’. 1970 R. J. L. Kingsford iv. 59 That Committee proposed that publishers should meet their increased costs on educational books..by supplying non-net books to the trade at ‘scrip’. Compounds1781 11 July Jobbers, place-mongers, bank-note, or ready-money parliamentary-men, loanist, or otherwise called scrip-men, with all the other various variety. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 27 Mar. in (2002) XXIX. 329 Scrip fortunes must be made in an instant. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Hist. Samuel Titmarsh xi, in Dec. 719/1 The shares were scrip shares, making the dividend payable to the bearer. 1882 (new ed.) Scrip-company, a company having shares which pass by delivery, without the formalities of register or transfer. 1951 M. S. Rix xiv. 141 If a company..issues to the shareholders further..ordinary capital.., it will announce the issue of a capital (or scrip) bonus of one new share of 10s. for three existing 10s. shares held. 1973 W. A. Thomas ii. 35 The scrip speculation which occurred at the height of the boom [in railway share prices]. 2009 7 Nov. (Money section) 2/5 The scrip offer is being trialled for the bank's latest quarterly payout. C2. Stock Market. 1813 16 Apr. The subscribers..will present their scrip-certificates to the Cashier of the Bank. 1923 37 9 The dividend..is declared and paid..in scrip certificates, issued to stockholders for fractional parts of a share. 2015 viii. 203 A corporation that declares a stock dividend may issue you a scrip certificate that entitles you to a fractional share. 1807 24 Mar. 3/2 The Property Tax not to be chargeable on the July Scrip Dividends. 1881 4 June The directors of the Atlanta and West Point railroad have decided to issue a scrip dividend of 100 per cent. interest. 2003 D. L. Scott 330 Scrip dividends generally signal that a firm is short of cash. 1781 10 Sept. The holders of three per cent. scrip. present..a matter, which..is of great effect to the scrip-holder. 1858 I. F. Redfield (ed. 2) App. A. 633 They have no right to decline accepting such scripholder, as a shareholder. 2000 (Nexis) 24 Oct. 27 Figures..revealed only a slight fall in the number of scripholders in the lead up to..the final day of trading. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-issuing activities 1841 15 Dec. If it can be proved by the sufferers through the scrip issues,..that the passage..was so explained as to induce a belief that the security was readily negotiable in the London market, [etc.]. 1925 9 Sept. 4/7 The slight dulness perceptible yesterday in the prices of War stocks, Conversions, Consols and some of the scrip issues, made its influence felt. 1937 5 June 585/2 Bonus distribution proposed of one share for four held... A similar scrip issue..was made in 1934–5. 2003 389/1 Under a one-for-one scrip issue,..a holder of five shares would receive five more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scripn.5 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: prescription n.1 Etymology: Shortened < prescription n.1 Compare slightly earlier script n.3 colloquial. the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > prescription or recipe 1917 19 Oct. ‘The Trouble a Scrip Gave’: A man called on a Doctor A scrip to write him down. ‘A bottle full of whisky,’ So wrote the kindly D. 1921 273 787 I will give you a scrip for morphine, because I am afraid you will die if you keep using heroin. 1966 O. Norton iv. 72 I wasn't to worry if I found his tablets in the bathroom, because Chris had given him a 'scrip for some more and he had had it filled on the way up. 1975 J. F. Burke (1976) ii. 29 The little cloisonné pillbox..contained some uppies for which she had no scrip. 2003 C. Taylor i. 5 She..wrote me a scrip for a fuck-off decongestant that knocked everything out for twenty-four hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scripv.1Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: scrip n.1 Etymology: < scrip n.1, after Middle French escharper, in the same sense (1355 in the passage translated; French écharper, rare before 19th cent.). Obsolete. rare. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > provide with bag [verb (reflexive)] a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) l. 6515 Whan they hem skryppen euerychon [Fr. Dont tout bon pelerin sescharpe]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † scripv.2Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: skirp v. Etymology: Probably a variant (with metathesis) of skirp v. Earlier currency is probably implied by scrip n.2 Compare scorp v. Scottish. Obsolete. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in (1998) I. 59 The ia him skrippit with a skryke. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 67 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 97 Sum skripe me with scorne. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (intransitive)] a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in (1846) I. 119 The Cardinall scripped and said, ‘It is but the Island flote’. a1586 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 21 Sche scornit Jok and scrippit [1568 Bannatyne skraipit] at him. a1650 D. Calderwood (1843) II. 278 When Lethington had viewed the Apologie, he scripped and said, ‘Homines obscuri’. 1665 R. Moray Let. 4 Dec. in H. Oldenburg (1965) II. 627 I doubt not but you will let Mr de Son know what you say of Campani's glasses. who will scrip at it I dare say. 1770 Session Papers in (1971) VIII. (at cited word) He, in a very contemptuous manner, scripped with his lips. 1820 W. Scott III. v. 150 She hath scoffed and scripped at me, and encouraged her saucy minion of a page to ridicule my stiff gait and slow speech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). scripv.3 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrip n.3 Chiefly U.S. Now historical. 1853 Let 8 Feb. in 9 July 655/1 There is the danger of some men of capital coming into the country, and buying it [sc. land]... You and I acted wisely in avoiding the rich runs of Ahuriri, the best parts of which are sure to be scripped up soon. 1862 19 Aug. I also find that the said company have scripped the following lands: At Renshaw, 320 acres, [etc.]. 1882 Sept. 769 They [sc. speculators] make a treaty with the rail-road company for a section of land... Then they ‘scrip’ the adjoining sections of Government land. 1938 29 May 8/3 The Santa Fe wanted a certain 80-acre tract that had been ‘scripped’ by speculators. 2015 (Nexis) 18 Aug. In 1882, William Moore lost his homestead when the property was scripped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1300 n.21488 n.31581 n.4?1734 n.51917 v.1a1475 v.2?a1513 v.31853 |