token

  1. Noun.  Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol.
  2. Noun.  A keepsake, momento, souvenir.
  3. Noun.  A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
  4. Noun.  Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint; also fig.
  5. Noun.  Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning, witcraft (see usage).
  6. Noun.  An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle.
  7. Noun.  An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password.
  8. Noun.  A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
  9. Noun.  Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, asf.
  10. Noun.  A tally.
  11. Noun.  (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
  12. Noun.  (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
  13. Noun.  (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
  14. Noun.  (medical) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
  15. Noun.  (medical) (obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
  16. Noun.  (printing) 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.
  17. Noun.  (mining) 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.
  18. Noun.  (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
  19. Noun.  (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
  20. Adjective.  Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
  21. Adjective.  a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
  22. Verb.  To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote.
  23. Verb.  To betroth.
  24. Verb.  (philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate.

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