token

Something serving as an expression of something else.

A keepsake.

A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.

(sometimes figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.

Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.

An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.

An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.

A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.

Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.

A tally.

A particular thing to which a concept applies.

An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.

A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.

A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.

(grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.

(corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.

A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.

A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.

Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.

A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.

In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

(Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.