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scrip issue

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noun

  1. another name for bonus issue

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Of special note was George W. Davison of Central Hanover Bank who fathered the great scrip issue of 1907.

From Time Magazine Archive

The place was covered with tepees and tents, and no less than four trading marquees had been pitched pending the scrip issue, which it took some time to complete.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

The most noticeable feature of the scrip issue was the never-ending stream of applicants, a surprising evidence of the growth of population in this remote wilderness.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

There had been jealousies outside the movement, through which a profitable railroad contract had been ruined, and federal authorities had taxed the scrip issue about $10,000 per annum.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by McClintock, James H.