Tokens

[toh-kuhn]

to·ken

[toh-kuhn]
noun
1.
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
2.
a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty.
3.
a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip.
4.
something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office.
5.
Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value.
EXPAND
6.
anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency.
7.
an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication.
8.
Logic, Linguistics. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word “and.” Compare type (def. 8).
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
9.
to be a token of; signify; symbolize.

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Tokens is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
adjective
10.
serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff.
11.
slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance.
12.
by the same token,
a.
in proof of which.
b.
moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail.
13.
in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English tāc(e)n; cognate with German Zeichen, Old Norse teikn sign, mark. See teach

pre·to·ken, noun, verb (used with object)


10. symbolic.

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