Token
['təʊk(ə)n] or ['tokən]
Definition
(noun.) a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines.
(noun.) something serving as a sign of something else.
(noun.) an individual instance of a type of symbol; 'the word`error' contains three tokens of `r''.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
(n.) Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To betoken.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mark, sign, indication, note, symbol, index, manifestation.[2]. Memorial (of friendship), souvenir.[3]. Ten quires (of paper).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Evidence, exhibition, demonstration, sample, illustration, memorial, symbol,indication, badge, index, symptom, diagnosis, sign
ANT:Misindication, misrepresentation, falsification, misillustration
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Definition
n. a mark: something representing another thing or event: a sign: a memorial of friendship: a coin issued by a private person or civic authority redeemable in current money: in old Presbyterian use a voucher of lead or tin inscribed with the name of the church or parish admitting a qualified communicant to the celebration of the Lord's Supper: a measure of press-work 250 impressions on one form: a thin bed of coal showing the vicinity of a thicker seam.—v.t. (obs.) to set a mark upon.—By the same token further in corroboration; More by token (see More).
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Examples
- Dreadful question: there was no one here to answer it--not even dumb sign, mute token. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The next day, the yacht arrived at Syra, with her ensign half-mast, as a token of the dead on board. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He knows the security; but thou mayst show him this ring for a token. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- So saying, he lifted the coronet, and placed it upon Rowena's head, in token of her acceptance of the temporary authority assigned to her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then they will need a market-place, and a money-token for purposes of exchange. Plato. The Republic.
- In 1858 the Emperor of the French called a Congress in Paris to honor Morse, and the Congress awarded him a gift of 400,000 francs as a token of gratitude. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He sought no more cordial token. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The unction, the suavity of her behaviour offered, for one who knew her, a sure token that suspicion of some kind was busy in her brain. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A token of life! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Was this some sort of token writing? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Remember, I saw his face when he gave the watch into my keeping, and struggled to express that he sent it as a token you would understand, to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It looks as if they always send their singular warning or token before them when starting upon their mission. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was no sound now of any kind, to give token that he was still alive. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- An indubitable token of life! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A breathless pause—then shouts to heaven go In token of the victory hardly won. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- These various signs and tokens, marked by the little woman, are not lost upon her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I suppose he saw me glancing about the room in search of some tokens of Shipping, or capital, for he added, In the City. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All these little tokens of his gratitude, Mr. Gradgrind very willingly undertook to render. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- These tokens of the Serjeant's presentiments on the subject, slight as they were, were not lost on Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was the coat in its usual place, but exhibiting, on a close inspection, evident tokens of having been worn on the preceding night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A table and some shelves were covered with manuscript papers and with worn pens and a medley of such tokens. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of what are these things the signs and tokens? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nor did his blushes and awkwardness take away from it: she was pleased with these healthy tokens of the young gentleman's ingenuousness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was no one in the quaint old drawing-room, though it presented tokens of Mrs. Heep's whereabouts. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Certain signs and tokens, personal to myself, warned me that the detective-fever was beginning to set in again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then there came a turnip, then a potato, and then an egg; with a few other little tokens of the playful disposition of the many-headed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was brought into the parlour with many tokens of welcome, and there formally recognized my mother as a new and near relation. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They were the little tokens of the reality of beauty, the reality of happiness in warm creation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At the very time when with keen delight she welcomed the tokens of maternity, this sole prop of her life failed, her husband died of the plague. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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