noun
Something serving as an expression of something else.
According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah.
A keepsake.
Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
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.
A book token is the easiest option for a Christmas gift.
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.
Everyone pick a token (hat, wheelbarrow, thimble, etc.) and place it on the Start square.
A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
His apology was no more than a token.
adj
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
He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
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.
The television show was primarily directed toward a black audience, but it did have a few token white people as performers.
verb
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.
The instinct revolted against the inevitable punishment to come, already tokened by those big holes now met in walls and crossings.
To betroth
To symbolize, instantiate
In which sense does ‘∀p ~(p & ~p)’ cause the tokening of the belief in the subject?