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token

[ toh-kuhn ]
/ ˈtoʊ kən /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to be a token of; signify; symbolize.
adjective
serving as a token: At the end of the field trip each child received a token gift to take home as a memento.The HR complaint was filed by a man who felt his hiring had been meant to add a token male to an all-female staff.
slight; nominal; minimal: token resistance;a token amount.
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Idioms about token

    by the same token,
    1. moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail.
    2. in proof of which: The study examined the possible effects of stress on health and, by the same token, IQ and test scores.
    in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love.

Origin of token

First recorded before 900; Middle English token(e), tokin(e), Old English tāc(e)n, tācon; cognate with German Zeichen, Old Norse teikn, tākn “sign, mark”; see teach

OTHER WORDS FROM token

pre·to·ken, noun, verb (used with object)
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British Dictionary definitions for token

token
/ (ˈtəʊkən) /

noun
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
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Other Idioms and Phrases with token

token

see by the same token; in token of.

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