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Share certificates of some description (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrip

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'share certificates' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'some description' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'SCRIP' is hidden in the letters of 'description'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scrip that I've seen before include "Share certificate" , "bag" , "Certificates of investments earning dividends" , "Shares allocated in bonus issue" , "(Preliminary) share certificates" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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