script, scrip

script, scrip
Script means (1) handwriting as distinguished from printing; (2) the text of a play or film; (3) in law, any original document. Scrip means (1) paper money issued for temporary use; (2) a small scrap of paper."The letter I received is written in beautiful script: " "The soldiers were forced to take their pay in scrip." "The script on this scrip is barely legible."

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  • scrip — See script, scrip …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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  • Scrip — Scrip, n. [From script.] 1. A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing. [1913 Webster] Call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. Shak. [1913 Webster] Bills of exchange can not pay our debts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Script — may refer to: * Behavioral script, a sequence of expected behaviors; * IBM SCRIPT, IBM s text formatting language; * SCRIPT (AHRC Centre) Scottish Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technologies; * Script (comic book), the dialogue… …   Wikipedia

  • SCRIPT-ed — [http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script ed/index.asp] is the online journal of the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law SCRIPT (AHRC Centre) [http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/] based in the School of Law at the… …   Wikipedia

  • Script — Script, n. [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F. [ e]crit. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Scrip} a writing.] 1. A writing; a written document. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scrip|to|ri|al — «skrihp TR ee uhl, TOHR », adjective. of, having to do with, or using script …   Useful english dictionary

  • script — 1. script [ skript ] n. m. • 1856; angl. scrip (1762), abrév. de subscription receipt « reçu de prêt » ♦ Anglic. Fin. Écrit remis à un créancier, à un obligataire, par une collectivité qui ne peut payer les intérêts ou rembourser les capitaux… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Scrip — Scrịp 〈m. 6; Wirtsch.〉 1. Gut od. Zwischenschein für neuausgegebene Wertpapiere (in England u. den USA) 2. Bescheinigung, die vorübergehende Schuldschreibungszinsen ausgleicht ● DividendenScrip ein Schuldschein für vorübergehend nicht… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Scrip. — scrip1 «skrihp», noun. 1. a) paper money in denominations of less than a dollar, formerly issued in the United States. b) any one of various paper currencies, such as those issued by an occupying power during or after a war, or by a government in …   Useful english dictionary

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