ALL meanings of tokening
to·ken
T t - noun tokening something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning. 1
- noun tokening a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty. 1
- noun tokening a memento; souvenir; keepsake: The seashell was a token of their trip. 1
- noun tokening something used to indicate authenticity, authority, etc.; emblem; badge: Judicial robes are a token of office. 1
- noun tokening Also called token coin. a stamped piece of metal, issued as a limited medium of exchange, as for bus fares, at a nominal value much greater than its commodity value. 1
- noun tokening anything of only nominal value similarly used, as paper currency. 1
- noun tokening an item, idea, person, etc., representing a group; a part as representing the whole; sample; indication. 1
- noun tokening Logic, Linguistics. a particular instance of a word, symbol, expression, sentence, or the like: A printed page might have twenty tokens of the single type-word “and.”. Compare type (def 8). 1
- verb with object tokening to be a token of; signify; symbolize. 1
- adjective tokening serving as a token: a token gift; a token male on an all-female staff. 1
- adjective tokening slight; perfunctory; minimal: token resistance. 1
- idioms tokening by the same token, in proof of which. moreover; furthermore: She has a talent as a painter, and by the same token has a sharp eye for detail. 1
- idioms tokening in token of, as a sign of; in evidence of: a ring in token of his love. 1