tokennoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtəʊ.kən/us/ˈtoʊ.kən/token noun [ C ] (SYMBOL)
C1 something that you do, or a thing that you give someone, that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect:
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Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- disclose
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- signify
- strike
- suggest
- wear
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token noun [ C ] (PAPER WORTH MONEY)
UK US gift certificate a piece of paper with a particular amount of money printed on it that can be exchanged in a shop for goods of that value:
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Payment methods
- ATM card
- baksheesh
- bank card
- bill
- blank cheque
- cash
- cash card
- cashpoint card
- certified cheque
- giro
- gratuity
- hard cash
- hush money
- per annum
- piece
- smart card
- standing order
- sweetener
- traveller's cheque
- voucher
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token noun [ C ] (DISC)
C1 a round metal or plastic disc that is used instead of money in some machines
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Payment methods
- ATM card
- baksheesh
- bank card
- bill
- blank cheque
- cash
- cash card
- cashpoint card
- certified cheque
- giro
- gratuity
- hard cash
- hush money
- per annum
- piece
- smart card
- standing order
- sweetener
- traveller's cheque
- voucher
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tokenadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈtəʊ.kən/us/ˈtoʊ.kən/Token actions are done to show that you are doing something, even if the results are limited in their effect:
disapproving used to refer to something that is done to prevent other people complaining, although it is not sincerely meant and has no real effect:
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- mirror
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- stand
- trademark
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
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