scrip

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /skrɪp/ UK /skrɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a provisional certificate or token issued in place of money or stock

During the shortage, the company paid its workers partly in scrip.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a provisional certificate... certificate voucher tokencouponnote

Word family

Related forms script subscription

Etymology

Early 18th century, a shortening of 'subscription receipt' (or of 'script'), ultimately from Latin 'scribere' ('to write').

scribere Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# scrip

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /skrɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /skrɪp/

## Meanings
1. a provisional certificate or token issued in place of money or stock

## Examples
- During the shortage, the company paid its workers partly in scrip.

## Synonyms
- certificate
- voucher
- token
- coupon
- note

## Related Forms
- script
- subscription

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scribere - to write

## Etymology
Early 18th century, a shortening of 'subscription receipt' (or of 'script'), ultimately from Latin 'scribere' ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Scrip is first described as early 18th century, a shortening of 'subscription receipt' (or of 'script'), ultimately from Latin 'scribere' ('to write'). The historical chain includes Latin scribere. Older glosses in the chain include "subscription receipt", "script", "scribere", and "to write", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, scrip is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a provisional certificate or token issued in place of money or stock". related forms include script and subscription. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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