I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a book token British English (= a ticket that you can use to pay for a book )
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She always bought me book tokens for my birthday.
a token gesture (= something you do so that you can pretend that you are dealing with a problem )
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The inclusion of just one woman on the committee was seen as a token gesture.
book token
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She gave me a book token for Christmas.
gift token
token resistance (= not great or sincere )
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He put up only a token resistance.
token/mark of sb’s esteem (= a sign of their respect )
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Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
small
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It is a privilege to pay them this small token of respect.
■ NOUN
book
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A £10 book token will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened on Thursday 7 March.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
by the same token
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I want to win, but by the same token, I don't want to hurt Sam's confidence.
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And, by the same token, the world will come to be filled with the links in this causal chain.
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But by the same token it is most likely that in their own interests they would scrutinize the work of contemporary photographers.
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But by the same token, it can be understood more or less differently.
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Conversely, by the same token, no statement is immune to revision.
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It would forfeit, by the same token, any claim to be recognised as law.
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Space-time is therefore an extremely stiff medium, and by the same token small-amplitude waves carry large energies.
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The boat lunges forward and yet almost by the same token lunges back again.
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The inducement to give is greater, but by the same token there is a cost to the Exchequer in lost revenue.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a subway token
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I restrained the impulse, for it is as well to eke out such tokens of our goodwill as we possess.
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By the same token , big manufacturers are often shareholders in their chosen bank.
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By the same token , cinemas had no operators, and so few halls remained open.
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By the same token , it has not been a triumph for the Tory Party.
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Sheaths were often lovingly carved and given as love tokens or dowry gifts.
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Ten tokens meant a bike ride round the park with one of his parents.
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The service returns the tokens to the customer with an explanation.
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There will be another token tomorrow to complete your voucher.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
gesture
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This was, though, only in a small section of the ground and appeared to be a token gesture .
woman
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You have to be both token woman and superwoman to come anywhere near a shortlist that disenfranchises most of the male population.
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We shouldn't accept the analysis of the token woman .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Arafat won the presidency, with only token opposition.
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Both sides agreed to a few token compromises.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along the way, it effectively preempted the problem of needing to take on token individuals to comply with government mandates.
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Before that year, he had given only token amounts to the party and its candidates.
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Female psychologists may themselves use their token status in a restricting way.
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We shouldn't accept the analysis of the token woman.
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You have to be both token woman and superwoman to come anywhere near a shortlist that disenfranchises most of the male population.