something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign

Black is a token of mourning.

a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof

Malnutrition is a token of poverty.

a memento; souvenir; keepsake

The seashell was a token of their trip.

something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge

Judicial robes are a token of office.

Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value.

anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency.

an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication.

Logic, Linguistics . a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like

A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word and. Compare type def. 8

to be a token of; signify; symbolize.

serving as a token

a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff.

slight; perfunctory; minimal

token resistance.

by the same token

in proof of which.

moreover; furthermore

She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail.

in token of

as a sign of; in evidence of

a ring in token of his love.

noun

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