token
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈtoʊkən/
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- Children received a small gift and an "Infant Scientist" certificate as a token of appreciation for their participation.
- a token of appreciation
- a token of love
OK, so again, another connection with love, a token of sanctity, right?
- OK, so again, another connection with love, a token of sanctity, right?
- So the suspicion was that these were probably tokens to represent your goods.
- It's directed against an individual as a member of something, as a token, a stand in for that hated class.
- So gold became this residual, this economic, this token of the excess energy created by the market economy.
- But by that same token, could Amber Heard sue the ACLU?
- Why should my giving you a token have to be?
- But at the same token, if I'm not happy, then the whole thing breaks.
- This, yeah, this you, you, you come up against this all, all the time, this sort of token, token balance that the left believes in.
- But by the same token, I, I'm not convinced.
- But by the same token, I don't think I would ever.
- And so, but at the same token, I had a mother.
- So do you think there may be a shift now at the same token?
Examples
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The note said, "Please accept this token of appreciation for the loan of your goods."
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After the reading, we presented the guest with a school coffee mug as a token of our gratitude.
Academic text (1997) -
I allow her this small token, and nothing else.
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Well, yeah, you know, it's just a token of, of my appreciation for, uh, for everything, you know.
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A token of my appreciation.
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I pray that you take this favor as a token of my gratitude.
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This is a small token of our appreciation... to show to you for saving us from a chemical-plant disaster.
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Children received a small gift and an "Infant Scientist" certificate as a token of appreciation for their participation.
Academic text (2015) -
As a token of our appreciation, we would be honored if you would stay for dinner.
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4.0
A very small amount of money given to show you will pay later or to keep an agreement
- Texting
A digital system that gives tokens for actions and lets users trade or spend them for services
- Specialized
A system that gives tokens for good behavior and lets people exchange them for rewards
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Token comes from an old English word tacn meaning 'sign' or 'mark'. A token is something that 'stands for' a feeling or fact, like a small gift that shows thanks.