A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
Done as an indication or a pledge.
Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
a token gesture
From Middle English token, taken, from Old English tācn (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“indicator, symbol, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to...
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Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
He was hired as the company's token black person.
To symbolize, instantiate
In which sense does ‘∀p ~(p & ~p)’ cause the tokening of the belief in the subject?