token

token
token [tō′kən]
n.
[ME < OE tacn, akin to Ger zeichen < IE base * deik̑-, to point, show > TEACH, TOE, DIGIT, DICTION]
1. a sign, indication, or symbol [a token of one's affection]
2. something serving as a sign of authority, identity, genuineness, etc.
3. a distinguishing mark or feature
4.
a) a keepsake
b) a sample
5. a piece of stamped metal, etc. with a face value higher than its real value, issued as a substitute for currency, for use as fare on a transportation line, etc.
6. a person, as an employee, whose presence in a group is supposed to indicate absence of discrimination, as in race
vt.
to be a token of; symbolize
adj.
1. by way of a token, symbol, etc. [a token gesture]
2. merely simulated; slight or of no real account [token resistance]
3. serving merely to fill a symbolic role, a quota, etc.
SYN.- PLEDGE
——————
by the same token
for this reason; following the same line of reasoning
——————
in token of
as evidence of

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