1. token - Noun
2. token - Adjective
3. token - Verb
4. token - Adjective Satellite
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.
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 piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
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.
To betoken.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. Elbert Hubbard
If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. Richard Stallman
To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters - is to become something less than a man... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest. Adrienne Rich
In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clinched fist none. Victor Hugo
Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not - in his mind - undo the facts. Abstractness is the very life of thought, the token of its authenticity. Herbert Marcuse
The recent market run-up that appreciated run-of-the- mill shares also chanced to send up those token gold holdings. Pure luck, undeserved and unlikely to reoccur. Good questions outrank easy answers. Paul Samuelson