Definition of "token"
- noun
Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol.
A keepsake, momento, souvenir.
A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint; also fig.
Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning, witcraft.
An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle.
An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a 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.
A tally.
A particular thing to which a concept applies.
An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
(obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
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.
A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- adjective
Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
A minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- verb
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote.
To betroth.
To symbolize, instantiate.
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