scrip

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Paper money issued for temporary emergency use.
2. n. A small scrap of paper, especially with a short list or schedule written on it.
3. n. A provisional certificate entitling the holder to a fractional share of stock or of other jointly owned property.
4. n. Such certificates considered as a group.
5. n. Archaic A wallet, small satchel, or bag.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A wallet; a bag; a satchel, as for travelers; especially, a pilgrim's pouch, sometimes represented as decorated with scallop-shells, the emblems of a pilgrim.
2. n. In heraldry, a bearing representing a pouch or almoner, and supposed to be a pilgrim's scrip. It is often combined with a pilgrim's staff, or bourdon. See staff.
3. n. A writing; a certificate, deed, or schedule; a written slip or list.
4. n. A scrap of paper or parchment.
5. n. In com., an interim or provisional document or certificate, to be exchanged, when certain payments have been made or conditions complied with, for a more formal certificate, as of shares or bonds, or entitling the holder to the payment of interest, a dividend, or the like; also, such documents or certificates collectively.
6. n. Fractional paper money: so called in the United States during and after the civil war.
7. n. An abbreviation of Scripture.

Wiktionary

1. n. a small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
2. n. a scrap of paper
3. n. a document certifying possession of land, or in lieu of money
4. n. a share certificate
5. n. a medical prescription

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A small bag; a wallet; a satchel.
2. n. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
3. n. A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.
4. n. Paper fractional currency.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency