Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCRIP, n. [L. scriptum, scriptio, from scribo, to write.]

A small writing, certificate or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing. Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin. – Locke. A certificate of stock subscribed to a bank or other company, or of a share of other joint property, is called in America a scrip.