chit vs scrip

chit

noun
  • A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system. 

  • A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. 

  • A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization. 

  • A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe. 

  • Shit. 

  • A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. 

  • A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor. 

  • A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. 

  • The embryonic growing bud of a plant 

  • A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip. 

verb
  • To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination. 

  • To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant. 

  • To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil. 

intj
  • Shit. 

scrip

noun
  • A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages. 

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

  • A scrap of paper. 

  • A medical prescription. 

  • A share certificate. 

  • A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. 

  • A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land. 

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