token

[ toh-kuhn ]

/ ˈtoʊ kən /

noun

something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.

a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty.

a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip.

something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office.

Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value.

anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency.

an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication.

Logic, Linguistics. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word “and.” Compare type(def 8).

verb (used with object)

to be a token of; signify; symbolize.

adjective

serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff.

slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance.

Idioms for token

by the same token,

in proof of which.
moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail.

in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love.

Origin of token

before 900; Middle English; Old English tāc(e)n; cognate with German Zeichen, Old Norse teikn sign, mark. See teach

SYNONYMS FOR token

10 symbolic.

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OTHER WORDS FROM token

pre·to·ken, noun, verb (used with object)

Words nearby token

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British Dictionary definitions for by the same token

token

/ (ˈtəʊkən) /

noun

an indication, warning, or sign of something

a symbol or visible representation of something

something that indicates authority, proof, or authenticity

a metal or plastic disc, such as a substitute for currency for use in slot machines

a memento

a gift voucher that can be used as payment for goods of a specified value

(modifier) as a matter of form only; nominal a token increase in salary

linguistics a symbol regarded as an individual concrete mark, not as a class of identical symbols Compare type (def. 11)

philosophy an individual instance: if the same sentence has different truth-values on different occasions of utterance the truth-value may be said to attach to the sentence-token Compare type (def. 13)

by the same token moreover and for the same or a similar reason

verb

(tr) to act or serve as a warning or symbol of; betoken

Word Origin for token

Old English tācen; related to Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn; see teach

Idioms and Phrases with by the same token (1 of 2)

by the same token

In the same way, for the same reason. For example, He has a good ear for music, and by the same token he finds it easy to pronounce foreign words. This phrase today is used in a general way to connect statements that have some logical association with one another. [Mid-1400s]

As a corroborating circumstance, as in Boston's population has grown very fast, and by the same token its urban problems have also increased. [Late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with by the same token (2 of 2)

token

see by the same token; in token of.

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