Token definition
A sign, indication, or symbol.
A token of one's affection.
noun
Something serving as a sign of authority, identity, genuineness, etc.
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By way of a token, symbol, etc.
adjective
A person who is considered as representative of a social group, such as a lone individual or one of a small number of employees hired primarily to prevent an employer from being accused of discrimination.
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Done as an indication or pledge.
A token payment.
adjective
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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.
noun
A keepsake or souvenir.
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Of or having to do with tokenism.
adjective
Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign.
noun
A distinguishing mark or feature.
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Being a product of tokenism; merely symbolic.
Refused to be the token woman on the committee.
adjective
The definition of a token is a sign, symbol or a piece of stamped metal used instead of currency.
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.
noun
To be a token of; symbolize.
verb
Merely simulated; slight or of no real account.
Token resistance.
adjective
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(grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
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(printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
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A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency.
Subway tokens.
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Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity.
The scepter is a token of regal status.
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A specific instance of a phenomenon or a class of things, as of a linguistic feature in a sample of a person's speech, that can be isolated for study or analysis.
noun
Perfunctory; minimal.
A token gesture of reconciliation; token resistance.
adjective
A person, as an employee, whose presence in a group is supposed to indicate absence of discrimination, as in race.
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A keepsake.
noun
A sample.
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In authentication systems, a hardware device (e.g., smart card, calculator-line device, or flash drive), or software on a client computer, that stores the user's credentials and generates a one-time password. The authentication process commonly involves a challenge-response dialogue between the token and a dedicated authentication server. In conjunction with a personal identification number (PIN) and supplemental password, a token is an excellent security mechanism. See also authentication, password, and security.
A unique software or hardware object given to a specific user to prove his or her identity. Without the correct token, a user cannot access any computer system requiring it. In today’s high-tech environment, tokens can include smart cards (requiring some kind of electronic card reader and hardware interface), USB devices, and one-time dynamic password generators—which never require readers or interfaces.
Secure Computing. White Paper: Event-Synchronous Tokens Versus Time-Dependent Tokens. [Online, April 12, 2006.] Secure Computing Website. http://www .securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=969.
A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
A book token is the easiest option for a Christmas gift.
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Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
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(philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
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(medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
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(Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
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He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
adjective
A minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
adjective
In token passing local area networks (LANs), a special signal in the form of a certain bit pattern that circulates among the connected stations. A station cannot transmit data unless it has possession of the token. See also LAN, signal, token bus, token passing, and token ring.
To betoken or symbolize; portend.
verb
by the same token
- In like manner; similarly.
idiom
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in token of
- As an indication of:A ring given in token of love.
idiom
by the same token
- for this reason; following the same line of reasoning
idiom
in token of
- as evidence of
idiom
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
token
Plural:
tokensIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of token
- Middle English from Old English tācen deik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English token, taken, from Old English tācen (“symbol, sign, signal, mark, indication, suggestion; portent, marvel, wonder, miracle; evidence, proof: standard, banner"), from Proto-Germanic *taiknÄ… (“sign, token"), from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ-, *deyḱ- (“to show, instruct, teach"). Cognate with Scots taiken (“sign, token"), West Frisian teken (“sign, token"), Dutch teken (“sign, symbol, token"), German Zeichen (“sign"), Swedish tecken (“sign, mark, indication, token"), Icelandic tákn, teikn (“sign, symbol"), Latin index (“finger", literally “pointer"), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deiknumi, “show, point out, teach"), Albanian theks (“accent, sign"). More at toe.
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