token

The definition of a token is a sign, symbol or a piece of stamped metal used instead of currency.

(noun)

An example of a token is someone giving their friend a "best friends" necklace.
An example of a token is what someone would use to play video games at an arcade.

See token in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a sign, indication, or symbol: a token of one's affection
something serving as a sign of authority, identity, genuineness, etc.
a distinguishing mark or feature
1. a keepsake
2. a sample
a piece of stamped metal, etc. with a face value higher than its real value, issued as a substitute for currency, for use as fare on a transportation line, etc.
a person, as an employee, whose presence in a group is supposed to indicate absence of discrimination, as in race

Origin: ME < OE tacn, akin to Ger zeichen < IE base *dei-, to point, show > teach, toe, digit, diction

transitive verb

to be a token of; symbolize

adjective

See token in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign: “Tears are queer tokens of happiness” (Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at sign.
Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity: The scepter is a token of regal status.
A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
One that represents a group, as an employee whose presence is used to deflect from the employer criticism or accusations of discrimination.
A keepsake or souvenir.
A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency: subway tokens.

transitive verb to·kened, to·ken·ing, to·kens

To betoken or symbolize; portend.

adjective

Done as an indication or a pledge: a token payment.
a. Perfunctory; minimal: a token gesture of reconciliation; token resistance.
b. Merely symbolic: refused to be the token woman on the committee.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English tācen; see deik- in Indo-European roots

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