token
Definition of token:
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part of speech: noun
A mark: something representing another thing or event: a sign: a memorial of friendship: a coin issued by a private person or civic authority redeemable in current money.
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part of speech: noun
Something meant to represent another thing; a mark; a sign; a sympton; a memorial of friendship; one of stamped piece of metal used as coin to serve a temporary purpose; in the Scotch Presbyterian Churches, one of stamped metal tickets of admission to partake of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; in printing, ten and a half quires of paper.
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Common misspellings:
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- tooken (88.5%)
- teken (1.9%)
- tooke (1.9%)
- tocken (3.8%)
- tolkien (3.8%)
Usage examples for token:
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Before she died I knew that it was a death- token
"Bat Wing" – Sax Rohmer -
Wilt thou clasp hands in token
"Cedric, the Forester" – Bernard Gay Marshall -
Mary knew it to be Marjorie's farewell token to her.
"Marjorie Dean, High School Junior" – Pauline Lester -
The rebels were astonished, and the man who carried the mail- bags threw them down and held his arms above his head, in token of surrender.
"Frank on the Lower Mississippi" – Harry Castlemon
