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English

Etymology

From {{term|tacen|tācen|lang=ang}}, from . Cognate with Dutch , German , Swedish .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtəʊkən/
  • IPA: /ˈtoʊkən/


Adjective

  1. Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic
  2. : He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.


Translations

Noun

  1. Something or someone serve|serving as an expression of something else.
  2. A keepsake or souvenir.
  3. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money.
  4. An atomic piece of data (esp. the text of a computer program) for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t|nl|aandenken|n}}, {{t+|nl|souvenir|n}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|jeton|m}}, {{t+|nl|munt|f}}
  • Finnish: poletti, rahake
  • Italian: {{t+|it|gettone|m}}
  • Dutch: , {{t|nl|symbool|n}}
  • Finnish: rahake

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Swedish

Noun

token


ang:token fa:token fr:token io:token hu:token ru:token fi:token ta:token te:token vi:token tr:token

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Token \To"ken\ (t[=o]"k'n), n. [OE. token, taken, AS. t[=a]cen;
akin to OFries. t[=e]ken, OS. t[=e]kan, D. teeken, G.
zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. t[=a]kan, teiken, Sw. tecken,
Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show,
AS. te['o]n to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. z[imac]han, G. zeigen
to show, OHG. zeig[=o]n, Icel. tj[=a], L. dicere to say, Gr.
deikny`nai to show, Skr. di[,c]. Cf. Diction, Teach.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the
friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a
memento; a souvenir.
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This is some token from a never friend. --Shak.
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3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of
authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good
faith, etc.
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Say, by this token, I desire his company. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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Note: It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue
tokens.
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5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed
to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.]
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Like the fearful tokens of the plague,
Are mere forerunners of their ends. --Beau. & Fl.
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6. (Print.) 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.
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7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each
person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of
the Lord's Supper.
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8. (Mining) 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.
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9. (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the
weaver which shuttle to use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than
its real value. See Token, n., 4.

Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. --W.
Savage.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Token \To"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tokened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tokening.] [AS. t[=a]cnian, fr. t[=a]cen token. See
Token, n.]
To betoken. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet token
adj : insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is
informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of
resistance"; "a tokenish gesture" [syn: nominal, token(a),
tokenish]
n 1: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error'
contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: item]
2: a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute
for coins) in slot machines
3: something of sentimental value [syn: keepsake, souvenir,
relic]
Moby Dictionary
account , adumbration , affect , agent , allegory , alternate ,
alternative , analogy , annals , aroma , attribute , augur , augury ,
auspice , backup , badge , baggage check , basis for belief , betoken ,
betokening , betokenment , billhead , body of evidence , book stamp ,
bookplate , brand , brandish , breathe , bring forth , bring forward ,
bring into view , bring out , bring to notice , broad arrow , budget ,
cachet , cast , catalog , chain of evidence , change , changeling ,
character , characteristic , charactery , cheap , check , chronicle ,
cipher , clue , coin , colophon , commemoration , comparison ,
configuration , conventional symbol , copy , correspondence , cosmetic ,
counter , counterfeit , counterfoil , countermark , countersign ,
coupon , cut , dangle , data , datum , demonstrate , deputy , develop ,
differentia , differential , disc , disclose , display ,
distinctive feature , divine , divulge , docket , documentation ,
double , dramatize , dummy , earmark , earnest , easy , economic ,
economy , emblem , emblematic , embody , enact , equal , equivalent ,
ersatz , evidence , evince , exchange , exhibit , expose to view ,
express , fact , facts , fake , favor , feature , figure , fill-in ,
flaunt , flavor , flourish , foreshadow , foreshadowing , foreshowing ,
foretoken , foretokening , frugal , gesture , ghost , ghostwriter ,
give sign , give token , glosseme , government mark , government stamp ,
grounds , grounds for belief , gust , hallmark , harbinger , hat check ,
highlight , hint , history , icon , iconology , ideogram , idiocrasy ,
idiosyncrasy , illuminate , imitation , impress , impression , imprint ,
incarnate , index , indicant , indicate , indication , indicator ,
individualism , inexpensive , inventory , item of evidence , keepsake ,
keynote , label , letterhead , letters , lexeme , lexical form ,
lineaments , list , locum tenens , logo , logogram , logotype ,
love knot , low , low-priced , make clear , make plain , makeshift ,
manageable , manifest , manifestation , mannerism , mark , marker ,
marking , masthead , material grounds , materialize , mean , memento ,
memento mori , memorabilia , memorial , memorials , memories , metaphor ,
metonymy , minimal , mock , moderate , modest , mold , morpheme ,
muniments , mute witness , nature , next best thing , nominal , odor ,
omen , open sesame , parade , particularity , password , pawn ,
peculiarity , perform , perfunctory , personnel , phony , phrase ,
pictogram , piece of evidence , pinch , pinch hitter , pipe roll ,
plate , point to , portent , prefiguration , prefigure , preindicate ,
preindication , premises , premonitory shiver , premonitory sign ,
premonitory symptom , present , presign , presignal , presignify ,
presignifying , pretypify , price tag , produce , prognostic ,
prognostication , promise , proof , property , provisional , proxy ,
quality , quirk , reason to believe , reasonable , record , recording ,
register , registered trademark , registry , relevant fact , relic ,
relief , remains , remembrance , remembrancer , reminder , replacement ,
represent , representative , reserve , reserves , reveal , ringer , roll ,
roll out , rolls , roster , rota , running head , running title , savor ,
scrip , scroll , seal , second string , secondary , secret grip ,
security , semasiological unit , sememe , sensible , set forth , shabby ,
shadow , shape , shibboleth , shoddy , show , show forth , sigil , sign ,
signet , signifiant , significant , signify , singularity , slight ,
slug , smack , soothsay , souvenir , spare , spares , specialty , spell ,
spotlight , stamp , stand-in , sticker , stopgap , stub , sub ,
substituent , substitute , substitution , succedaneum , superficial ,
superseder , supplanter , surface , surrogate , symbol , symbolic ,
symbolic system , symbolism , symbolization , symbology , symptom ,
synecdoche , table , tag , taint , tally , tang , taste , temporary ,
tentative , term , tessera , third string , ticket , title page ,
token of remembrance , tokening , totem , totem pole , trace ,
trade name , trademark , trademark name , trait , trick , trophy ,
trot out , type , typify , understudy , unexpensive , unfold , utility ,
utility player , vestige , vicar , vicarious , vice-president ,
vice-regent , warrant , watchword , wave , within means , word ,
worth the money


FOLDOC token

1. A basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a
language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
Compare: lexeme.

2. (Or "pumpkin") An abstact concept passed
between cooperating agents to ensure synchronised access to a
shared resource. Such a token is never duplicated or
destroyed (unless the resource is) and whoever has the token
has exclusive access to the resource it controls. See for
example token ring.

If several programmers are working on a program, one
programmer will "have the token" at any time, meaning that
only he can change the program whereas others can only read
it. If someone else wants to modify it he must first obtain
the token.

(1999-02-23)


TOKEN, contracts, crimes. A document or sign of the existence of a fact. 2. Tokens are either public or general, or privy tokens. They are true or false. When a token is false and indicates a general intent to defraud, and it is used for that purpose, it will render the offender guilty of the crime of cheating; 12 John. 292; but if it is a mere privy token, as counterfeiting a letter in another man's name, in order to cheat but. one individual, it would not be indictable. 9 Wend. Rep. 182; 1 Dall. R. 47; 2 Rep. Const. Cr. 139; 2 Virg. Cas. 65; 4 Hawks, R. 348; 6 Mass. IR. 72; 1 Virg. Cas. 150; 12 John. 293; 2 Dev. 199; 1 Rich. R. 244.
TOKEN, commercial law. In England, this name is given to pieces of metal, made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a certain value. 2 Adolph. P. S. 175; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 182.
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