token

Definitions

• Something serving as an expression of something else.
• A keepsake.
• A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
• (obsolete) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
• Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
• An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
• An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
• A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
• Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
• A tally.
• (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
• (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
• (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
• (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
• (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
• (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
• (medical) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
• (medical) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
• (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
• (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
• (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
• (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
• (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
• (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.