token
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English tācen, from Proto-Germanic *taiknam. Cognate with Dutch teken, German Zeichen, Swedish tecken.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
token (comparative more token, superlative most token)
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- Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
- He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
- 1927, Arthur Robert Burns, Money and Monetary Policy in Early Times, page 393
- If the as had been reduced to a token in 240 BC, it was now a little more token than before.
- 2000, Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender, Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, Page 176
- There are still many churches where the participation of women is token.
- 2008, Adrian Blomfield, The Daily Telegraph, Has Russia got a new Stalin?, March 31, 2008
- Just to be on the safe side, the The Kremlin has also banned any of Putin’s serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
[edit] Translations
merely symbolic
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[edit] Noun
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token (plural tokens)
- Something or someone serving as an expression of something else.
- It was a mere token payment. He still owes us.
- A keepsake or souvenir.
- Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
- A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money.
- Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
- (computing) An atomic piece of data (esp. the text of a computer program) for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
- 2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine, page 68
- For each lexeme, the scanner creates a small data package known as a token and passes this data package on to the parser.
- 2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine, page 68
[edit] Synonyms
- (atomic piece of data): symbol
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
something serving as an expression of something else
piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtokən/
[edit] Noun
token m. and n. (plural tokens, diminutive tokentje)
- (computing) Token, an atomic piece of data.
[edit] Usage notes
There is no general agreement about the gender. In the south, people tend to use ‘het’, whereas in the north, ‘de’ is preferred.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
token
- Definite form of tok.

