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tokens

15 definitions • 25 examples
1
something that you do, or a thing that you give someone, that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect:

Examples:

As a token of our gratitude for all that you have done, we would like you to accept this small gift.
It doesn't have to be a big present - it's just a token.
2
a piece of paper, a card, or an electronic document with a particular amount of money shown on it that can be exchanged in a shop or online for goods of that value:

Examples:

a £20 record token
He always bought me tokens for a department store for my birthday.
3
a round metal or plastic disc that can be used instead of money :

Examples:

Metal tokens are used instead of cash in some slot machines in casinos.
First they had to queue up to receive a small plastic token, which they could then exchange for food.
4
a piece of data that is used to represent and replace another one, in order to prevent private information being seen by someone who is not allowed to do so:

Examples:

When we receive the transaction securely, we tokenize it and send back a token to the merchant so they never have to see a card number for settlement.
5
a unit of language that is used in a particular text :

Examples:

The participants produced 1,564 linguistic tokens, of which 1,021 (65%) were marked for plural.
Types are the distinct words in a text, whereas tokens are all the words, including repeats.
6
used to describe an action, an amount, etc. that is intended to represent something or to show that you are doing something, even if is very small or has a small effect:

Examples:

The troops in front of us either surrendered or offered only token (= not much) resistance.
The company was bought by the government for a token 1p a share.
7
used to refer to something that is done to in order to appear to support, help, or represent a particular group of people, but that does not help that group of people in a lasting or important way:

Examples:

The truth is that they appoint no more than a token number of women to managerial jobs.
When just one woman is on a company's board she may be dismissed as the token female.
I felt like a token Black person on the committee.
8
something you give to someone or do for someone to express your feelings or intentions:

Examples:

It isn’t a big present – it’s just a token of thanks for your help.
9
a round, metal or plastic disk which is used instead of money in some machines:

Examples:

subway tokens
10
small or limited but having a symbolic importance:

Examples:

11
a round piece of metal or plastic that is used instead of money in some machines, for example, to get food or drink out of a vending machine, use a car park, etc:

Examples:

You'll need some tokens for the coffee machine.
12
a piece of paper that is given when you buy a particular product, which can be exchanged for something when you have collected enough of them:

Examples:

There is a promotion on the cereal box offering a free toy for every 10 tokens you collect.
13
an action that you take or a thing that you give that is a symbol of your feelings about something, even though it may not be very big or valuable:

Examples:

a token of sth Please accept this gift as a token of our gratitude.
14
done or existing only to show that you are following rules or doing what is expected, even though the results are limited:

Examples:

She was appointed as the token woman on the board
15
used to describe a payment that is very small:

Examples:

There is a token charge for membership of the staff club.

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