token, As a Noun
Noun
token (plural tokens)
- Something serving as an expression of something else. synonyms ▲Synonyms: sign, symbol
According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah.
Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., 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.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
Everyone pick a token (hat, wheelbarrow, thimble, etc.) and place it on the Start square.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
His apology was no more than a token.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement. quotations ▼
- (obsolete, sometimes figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion. synonyms ▲Synonyms: reason, reasoning
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power. synonym ▲Synonym: miracle
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction. synonym ▲Synonym: password
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith. quotations ▼
- A tally.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. synonym, coordinate term ▲quotations ▼Synonym: symbolCoordinate term: placeholder
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus. quotations ▼ antonym ▲Antonym: type
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- (medicine, obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. quotations ▼
- (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.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn. quotations ▼
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines. quotations ▼
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- (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.
Derived terms
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Translations
show ▼±something serving as an expression of something else
show ▼±keepsake or souvenir
show ▼±piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money
show ▼±something given or shown as evidence of good intentions
show ▼±atomic piece of data
show ▼±(corpus linguistics) a single example of a certain word in a text or corpus — see also running word
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See also
- (philosophy): particular, universal, type
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011). The Proto-Germanic n-stems: a study in diachronic morphophonology, Rodopi. →ISBN.