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voucher
English
Noun
(en noun )
A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
A receipt.
One who or that which vouches.
* 1836 , The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
- To the fashionable world he cannot be a stranger and his having married a sister of the Duke of Leeds is a voucher for my assertion.
Synonyms
* (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount) coupon
Derived terms
* gift voucher
Verb
(en verb )
To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
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token
Noun
(en noun )
Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol
- According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God’s covenant with Noah.
A keepsake, momento, souvenir
- Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.
A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; 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.
(obsolete, sometimes, figurative) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
* Shakespeare
- Say, by this token , I desire his company.
Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning, witcraft (see usage)
An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle
An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password
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.
* (rfdate ) (Shakespeare)
- Say, by this token , I desire his company.
A tally
(philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
* 2004 , Randall Hyde, Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine , page 68
- For each lexeme, the scanner creates a small data package known as a token and passes this data package on to the parser.
(computing) 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.
(grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
(medical) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
(medical, obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
* (rfdate )” (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends.
(printing) 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.
(mining) 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.
(mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
(rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
(weaving) 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.
Synonyms
* (something serving as an expression of something else) sign, symbol
* (atomic piece of data) symbol
Derived terms
* by the same token
* by that token — by that reason
* in token of — on account of; because of, as an indication of
* tokenism
* tokenization
* token ring
See also
* (philosophy) particular, universal, type
Adjective
(en adjective )
Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
- He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.
* 1927 , , Money and Monetary Policy in Early Times , page 393
- If the as had been reduced to a token in 240 BC, it was now a little more token than before.
* 2000 , Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender, Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women , Page 176
- There are still many churches where the participation of women is token .
* 2008 , Adrian Blomfield, , Has Russia got a new Stalin? , March 31, 2008
- Just to be on the safe side, the The Kremlin has also banned any of Putin’s serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement
* he was hired as the company’s token black
* ”the television show was primarily directed toward a negro audience, but it did have a few token whites as performers
Derived terms
* tokenish
* tokenistic
* tokenless
* tokenlike
Verb
(en verb )
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
* 1962‘ (quoting ”’c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ”(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
- dorr?&
- 773;‘, ”’d?r?”’ adj. & n.
To betroth
(philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate
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Derived terms
* To betoken
* To foretoken
* To toke
References
(Webster 1913 )
* Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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