different between scrip vs scrim

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??p/

Etymology 1

From Middle English scrippe, an aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag”), a variant of escharpe, from Old Norse skreppa. Cognate with Danish skreppe (“scrip”). Doublet of scarf.

Noun

scrip (countable and uncountable, plural scrips)

1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9

     Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around.

   • 1964 Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

     A night promising fair, scented, the moon in her third quarter, nightingales in the wood, WS, in worn cloak against the morning’s chill, empty scrip and purse, taking the road. —

2. (archaic) Small change.
   • 1899, Edward Everett Hale, The Brick Moon and Other Stories, (Short Story Index Reprint Series), Project Gutenberg, [1999], Etext #1633

     In reading it in 1899, I am afraid that the readers of a hard, money generation may not know that "scrip" was in the sixties the name for small change.

Etymology 2

Probably from a conflation of script and scrap.

Noun

scrip (countable and uncountable, plural scrips)

1. A scrap of paper.
2. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
4. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.

   Synonym: chit

5. A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of subscription receipt.

Noun

scrip (plural scrips)

1. A share certificate.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of prescription.

Noun

scrip (plural scrips)

1. (informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.

References

• scrip at OneLook Dictionary Search
• scrip in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Crips, Crisp, crips, crisp

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scrip, clipping of subscription receipt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skr?p/
• Hyphenation: scrip
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

scrip m (plural scrips)

1. scrip (share certificate)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown.

In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad".

Noun

scrim (countable and uncountable, plural scrims)

1. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
2. A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
3. A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
4. (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
5. (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
6. Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

Translations

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (photography) To use a scrim.

Etymology 2

From scrimmage.

Noun

scrim (plural scrims)

1. (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
   • 2016, Blog of Legends, "The Gap hasn’t closed: Comparing the LCS and LCK at Worlds":

     As a team, the players decided to focus less on streaming (a major source of income) and more on in-house scrims, VOD review and practice, hoping to become a better team.

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (online gaming) To participate in a scrim.
   • 2016, The Inquirer, "The EE Blog: EternalEnvy Accuses Former Team, Team Secret, of Delayed Payments and Monetary Indiscretion":

     Accusations of him drinking instead of scrimming with the team, not attending practices at all and playing guitar instead of scrimming surfaced.

Anagrams

• CMIRs, Crims, crims