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by the same token

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to⋅ken

  [toh-kuhn]
Use by the same token in a Sentence
–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.
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).
–verb (used with object)
9. to be a token of; signify; symbolize.
–adjective
10. serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff.
11. slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance.
—Idioms
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:
bef. 900; ME; OE tāc(e)n; c. G Zeichen, ON teikn sign, mark. See teach

Synonyms:
10. symbolic.
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to·ken   (tō'kən)   
n.  

  1. Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign: "Tears are queer tokens of happiness" (Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at sign.

  2. Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity: The scepter is a token of regal status.

  3. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

  4. One that represents a group, as an employee whose presence is used to deflect from the employer criticism or accusations of discrimination.

  5. A keepsake or souvenir.

  6. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency: subway tokens.

tr.v.   to·kened, to·ken·ing, to·kens
To betoken or symbolize; portend.
adj.  

  1. Done as an indication or a pledge: a token payment.

    1. Perfunctory; minimal: a token gesture of reconciliation; token resistance.

    2. Merely symbolic: refused to be the token woman on the committee.


[Middle English, from Old English tācen; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

token 
O.E. tacen "sign, symbol, evidence" (related to tæcan "show, explain, teach"), from P.Gmc. *taiknan (cf. O.S. tekan, O.N. teikn "zodiac sign, omen, token," O.Fris., M.Du. teken, Du. teken, O.H.G. zeihhan, Ger. zeichen, Goth. taikn "sign, token"), from PIE base *deik- "to show" (see teach). Meaning "coin-like piece of stamped metal" is first recorded 1598. The adj. meaning "nominal" is from 1915, from the noun. In integration sense, first recorded 1960; tokenism is first recorded 1962. Original sense of "evidence" is retained in by the same token (1463), originally "introducing a corroborating evidence."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

by the same token

  1. In the same way, for the same reason. For example, He has a good ear for music, and by the same token he finds it easy to pronounce foreign words. This phrase today is used in a general way to connect statements that have some logical association with one another. [Mid-1400s]

  2. As a corroborating circumstance, as in Boston's population has grown very fast, and by the same token its urban problems have also increased. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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