done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture:cases like these often bring just token fines from magistrates
[attributive] chosen by way of tokenism as a representative of a particular minority or under-represented group:she took offence at being called the token woman on the force
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Universal
1a thing serving as a visible or tangible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc.:mistletoe was cut from an oak tree as a token of good fortuneI wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation
archaic a badge or favour worn to indicate allegiance to a particular person or party:Ruthven was murdered and the assassin left his token
archaic a word or object conferring authority on or serving to authenticate the speaker or holder:you should have a token that will stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul of the prince’s officers
a staff or other object given to a train driver on a single-track railway as authority to proceed over a given section of line.
2a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services, typically one given as a gift or forming part of a promotional offer:a record token
a metal or plastic disc used to operate a machine or in exchange for particular goods or services:a milk token
3an individual occurrence of a symbol or string, in particular:
Linguistics an individual occurrence of a linguistic unit in speech or writing.Contrasted with type.
Computing the smallest meaningful unit of information in a sequence of data for a compiler.
4 Computing a sequence of bits passed continuously between nodes in a fixed order and enabling a node to transmit information.
by the same (or that or this) token
in the same way or for the same reason:there was little evidence to substantiate the gossip and, by the same token, there was little to disprove it
in token of
as a sign or symbol of:adults exchanging drinks around a pub bar in token of temporary friendship
