token
[toh-kuhn]
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noun
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.
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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token
noun
verb
Word Origin for token
Old English tācen; related to Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn; see teach
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