token
IPA: tˈoʊkʌn
noun
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- 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.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- (obsolete, sometimes figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- 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.
- 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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
verb
- To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
- To betroth
- (philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate
adjective
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
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Examples of "token" in Sentences
- The token system facilitated the economy.
- This is the only unique token in the game.
- The parser then advances to the next token.
- Ducky McCrae is the token boy in the series.
- Of these three, the mirror is the token of Amaterasu.
- There are a total of four tokens collectable in the game.
- One form of votive offering is the token offering of a coin.
- The handshake is used as a token of friendship and identity.
- A miniature thimble is one of the tokens in the game of Monopoly.
- At the beginning of the game, the token is not attached to any player.