token

Definition

  • noun: a round piece of metal or plastic that is used instead of money in some machines
  • noun: an outward sign or expression
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: sign, symbol, memento

Examples

  • The result was disappointing, but 'by the same token', it could have been much worse.

  • All the people who work there are men except for a couple of 'token' women.

  • The government has made only a 'token' effort to end homelessness.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) it shakes the ground with its march. So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: A simple offering of earth and water... ...a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes. Submission. Now, that's a bit of a problem. See, rumor has it... ...the Athenians (..)
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