Scrip
noun
A piece of paper that was written to show that you have the right to something.
He carried a scrip of paper that showed he owned the land.
noun
A temporary document representing fractional shares in a corporation.
The company issued scrip dividends to its shareholders.
Often appears as...
- scrip dividend
- scrip issue
Usage tips
Formal
Financial
noun
A provisional certificate of money subscribed to a bank or company, entitling the holder to a formal certificate and dividends.
The investors received a scrip until the formal certificates could be issued.
Often appears as...
- scrip receipt
- deposit scrip
Usage tips
Formal
Corporate
noun
A piece of paper that was written to show that you have the right to something.
He carried a scrip of paper that showed he owned the land.
noun
A temporary document representing fractional shares in a corporation.
The company issued scrip dividends to its shareholders.
Often appears as...
- scrip dividend
- scrip issue
Usage tips
Formal
Financial
noun
A provisional certificate of money subscribed to a bank or company, entitling the holder to a formal certificate and dividends.
The investors received a scrip until the formal certificates could be issued.
Often appears as...
- scrip receipt
- deposit scrip
Usage tips
Formal
Corporate
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally, 'scrip' was used for any small piece of writing.
The old scrip was a deed for his grandfather's estate.
Pro Tip 2/3Proof of Ownership
'Scrip' often signifies a document proving you own something or have a right to it.
He showed the scrip that entitled him to collect the parcel.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Confusion
Don't confuse 'scrip' with 'script,' which refers to written text, like a play.
She mistakenly read 'script' instead of 'scrip' in the will.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally, 'scrip' was used for any small piece of writing.
The old scrip was a deed for his grandfather's estate.
Pro Tip 2/3Proof of Ownership
'Scrip' often signifies a document proving you own something or have a right to it.
He showed the scrip that entitled him to collect the parcel.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Confusion
Don't confuse 'scrip' with 'script,' which refers to written text, like a play.
She mistakenly read 'script' instead of 'scrip' in the will.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally, 'scrip' was used for any small piece of writing.
The old scrip was a deed for his grandfather's estate.
Pro Tip 2/3Proof of Ownership
'Scrip' often signifies a document proving you own something or have a right to it.
He showed the scrip that entitled him to collect the parcel.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Confusion
Don't confuse 'scrip' with 'script,' which refers to written text, like a play.
She mistakenly read 'script' instead of 'scrip' in the will.
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haven't told you is that the Indus people were very very enterprising they used to trade with people pretty far away from where they lived and so in this case they were traveling by sea all the way to Mesopotamia present-day Iraq and what seems to happen here is that the Indus traders the the merchants were using the scrip to write a foreign
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A Rosetta Stone for the...
haven't told you is that the Indus people were very very enterprising they used to trade with people pretty far away from where they lived and so in this case they were traveling by sea all the way to Mesopotamia present-day Iraq and what seems to happen here is that the Indus traders the the merchants were using the scrip to write a foreign
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