token
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/tˈə‍ʊkən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "token"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

a single instance of a symbol, sign, or representation of a type

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software parses the text into tokens for analysis.
02

āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž

a piece of paper or a disc of metal or plastic used instead of money as a form of payment or to operate some machines
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The laundromat requires customers to use tokens to operate the washing machines and dryers, which can be bought at the front desk.
āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϰ⧋āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āύāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

an object or gesture kept, given, or performed as a representation of something sentimental, commemorative, or symbolic

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A gesture of kindness can be a token of respect.
04

āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ, āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ

a physical object used to authorize a train's movement along a specific track section
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The token system ensures trains move one at a time on shared tracks.
āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĨ¤
01

so small or minimal as to be merely symbolic or insignificant

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The apology was token and did not reflect genuine remorse.
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