1. small physical objects used to represent something else, especially in games or as symbols
2. vouchers or coupons that can be exchanged for goods or services
3. signs or symbols of something abstract, such as feelings or qualities

Examples

• The children used plastic tokens to play the board game.
• She collected enough tokens to win a prize at the arcade.
• The subway requires tokens for entry.
• He gave her flowers as tokens of his appreciation.
• These small gestures are tokens of friendship.
• The program breaks text into individual tokens for analysis.
• Each token represents a different value in the system.