1. adjective /ˈtəʊkən,ˈtoʊkən/
a) Something or someone serving as an expression of something else.
It was a mere token payment. He still owes us.
He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
2. noun /ˈtəʊkən,ˈtoʊkən/
Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
3. verb /ˈtəʊkən,ˈtoʊkən/
To symbolize or instantiate
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