Synonyms:
nominal, token(a), tokenish
Meaning: insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
token, item
Meaning: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"
Usage examples
However, on the third night the soldier carried away one of the golden cups as a token of where he had been.
Yes, Sir John, on me you have not ceased to lavish every available treasure and token of your unbounded love.
She rose to her feet with modest dignity, and silently held out her hand in token that my repentance was accepted.
It is not proper that he should be left without even a token of respect." He gestured with his plump hand to the Bible.
For this reason any token of love between us would be only a mockery, a farce, and true wedded love is something too holy, too sacred, to be travestied in any such manner.
I owe, therefore, my life to you; and, for the first token of my acknowledgment, give you your liberty from this moment, till I can complete your recompense, as I intend."
"By the same token," he continued, "I conclude that the two horsemen, whoever they were, while under this tree could not have had any very hostile feelins, the one to the tother.
Before his next watch, Eddie would bring up one of the prettiest girls aboard for a gold badge; the token that would let her--under approved escort, of course--go through the Top.
She saw her husband led to execution, and, having given him from the window some token of remembrance, she waited with tranquillity till her own appointed hour should bring her to a like fate.
Thus his life passed--a changeless routine, unbroken by one bright interval, one friendly visit, one sign or token to show that there was any link between this lonely wretch and the rest of humanity.