Talk:scrip
Just throwing this out there, I've also heard "scrip" or "scrips" used in sense #4 (slang for prescribed medicine or the doctor's note of prescription thereof) in America. Recommend that the "Britain" context label be removed, "informal" to remain. 50.202.174.2 17:57, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Conflicting etymologies?
[edit]Etys 2 and 3 (script/scrap and subscription) seem to refer to closely overlapping senses: a share certificate is a type of document certifying possession. Are we sure about the etymological split? Equinox ◑ 10:39, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense: "A document signifying a power to purchase a specified acreage of public land typically granted by the U.S. government to veterans as partial award for service." Not contesting the sense itself, however, an anon restricted it to the US. Is that true? --Robbie SWE (talk) 17:03, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
- The definition seems absurdly narrow, but two of the other definitions seem narrow as well:
- 3. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
- Synonym: chit
- 4. Any substitute for legal tender that is produced by a natural person or private legal person and is often a form of credit.
- 3. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
- Def. 4 seems to exclude scrip issued by a government, eg a US state or municipality, which AFAICR historically was the most common kind. A broadening of that definition would include the challenged definition and might include def. 3. This seems more a case for cleanup than RfV, because citing the challenged definition is likely just to lead to an RfD. DCDuring (talk) 19:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
cited Kiwima (talk) 04:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 05:21, 20 February 2021 (UTC)