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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
to·ken    Audio Help   [toh-kuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
2.a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty.
3.a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip.
4.something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office.
5.Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value.
6.anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency.
7.an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication.
8.Logic, Linguistics. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word “and.” Compare type (def. 8).
–verb (used with object)
9.to be a token of; signify; symbolize.
–adjective
10.serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff.
11.slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance.
—Idioms
12.by the same token,
a.in proof of which.
b.moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail.
13.in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE tāc(e)n; c. G Zeichen, ON teikn sign, mark. See teach]

—Synonyms 10. symbolic.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  token
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  badge, emblem, evidence, expression, feature, gesture, gift, indication, keepsake, mark, medal, memento, minimal, nominal, omen, perfunctory, pledge, portent, proof, relic, remembrance, reminder, sign, signal, signify, souvenir, symbol, symbolize, trophy
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  expression
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Something that takes the place of words in communicating a thought or feeling.
Synonyms:  gesture, indication, sign
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  pawn
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Something given to guarantee the repayment of a loan or the fulfillment of an obligation.
Synonyms:  earnest, guaranty, pledge, security, warrant
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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