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UK
/tˈəʊkən/
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[ US /ˈtoʊkən/ ]
[ US /ˈtoʊkən/ ]
NOUN
- something of sentimental value
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an individual instance of a type of symbol
the word `error' contains three tokens of `r' - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
ADJECTIVE
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insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
the fee was nominal
a token gesture of resistance
a tokenish gesture
How To Use token In A Sentence
- By the same token, if you pick up a strange rash, you will want to see a doctor in case it really is flesh-eating bacteria.
- As a token of our gratitude for all that you have done, we would like you to accept this small gift.
- He replied, “I know not; but thou art better able to judge, being acquainted with the ways of thy man, more by token that thou art one of the sharpest-witted of women and past mistress of devices such as devise that whereof fail the wise.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- I was considered the token artsy-fartsy hippie dude. Taken for a Fool, Perhaps, but Not an Idiot
- Here Bentham clearly ascribes the felicific tendency to action tokens, and he equates an action's felicific tendency with the extent to which it promotes utility. Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy
- To play you will need to buy a token from one of the wait staff in the casino.
- Thereupon Shawahi came forward and kissing the ground before the Queen, took the hem of her garment and laid it on her head, saying, O Queen, by my claim for fosterage, be not hasty with him, more by token of thy knowledge that this poor wretch is a stranger, who hath adventured himself and suffered what none ever suffered before him, and Allah (to whom belong Might and The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- You slip the token into the slot at the turnstile.
- I returned the coin to Noah, assuring him that I had no further need of it, and he went away well pleased, assured of the protection of the white man's duppy -- the token of the good spirits which he venerates as much as he fears the bugaboos. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
- Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine. Christina G. Rossetti