A token is an object of value, and may refer to:
- Token coin, a piece of metal or other composition used as a substitute for currency; includes subway tokens
- Casino token
- Other items that are part of exonumia
- Tokenism, the inclusion of a single person (or very few people) of a group so an organization can publicly claim to be inclusive
- Knight's token, carried by a medieval knight
- Wedding token, wedding paraphernalia also known as an arrhae or wedding coin
- Game piece or counter used in a game
- Book token, a (branded) voucher or gift card redeemable for books
- Token (railway signalling), a physical object given to a locomotive driver to authorize him to use a particular stretch of single railway track
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Famous quotes containing the word token:
“He made for the door, automatically resuming his glasses and leaving in front of her, on the floor, his right slipper in token of his speedy return. Then, his desire exposed and his eyes wicked behind their strong lenses, he attempted to push her toward the bed.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“It doesn’t make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, “I’m really happy that you’re my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here’s a dollar.””
—Bill Cosby (20th century)
“To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)