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money-scrip Hist. 
n. a certificate issued following the Northwest Rebellions to Métis as compensation for lost lands and entitling the bearer to the sum of $240.00, either in cash or as an allowance against the purchase of government lands.
See also: land-scrip (def. 2) Northwest Rebellion scrip (def. 2)
- 1885 (1956) Almost all the people are taking money scrips.
- 1923 If you have taken land-scrip or money-scrip--that is, if you have accepted 240 acres or $240 from the Government--your status as a "breed" is legally fixed.
- 1956 In the Fort Qu'Appelle area, their inclination first expressed, under the influence of the clergy, to refuse "money scrips" and instead to claim land concessions, was not long in being dissipated.
- 1885 (1956) Almost all the people are taking money scrips.