token

Where “token” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   Something serving as an expression of something else.
2. 2
   A keepsake.
3. 3
   A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
4. 4
   A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
5. 5
   A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
6. 6
   A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
7. 7
   Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
8. 8
   Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
9. 9
   An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
10. 10
    An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
11. 11
    A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
12. 12
    Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
13. 13
    A tally.
14. 14
    A particular thing to which a concept applies.
15. 15
    An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
16. 16
    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.
17. 17
    A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
18. 18
    A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
19. 19
    A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
20. 20
    A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
21. 21
    A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
22. 22
    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.
23. 23
    A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
24. 24
    A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
25. 25
    A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
26. 26
    In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
27. 27
    A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

Etymology

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 show, instruct, teach”) with Germanic *k rather than *h by Kluge's law. Cognate with Scots takin, taiken (“token, sign”), Saterland Frisian Teken (“sign, symbol”), West Frisian teken (“sign, mark, symbol”), Dutch teken (“sign, indication, symbol”), German Low German Teken (“sign, symbol”), German Zeichen (“sign, token”), Danish tegn (“sign, token, character”), Swedish tecken (“sign, indication”), Faroese tekn, tekin (“mark, sign, signal”), Icelandic teikn (“sign, omen”), Icelandic tákn (“symbol”). The verb is from Middle English toknen, from Old English tācnian.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otken,tkoen,toekn,tokenn,tokken,tokne,ttoken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of token - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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