token

Adjective

• insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
  • the fee was nominal
    
  • a token gesture of resistance
    
  • a toknenish gesture
    

Noun

• something of sentimental value

• a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines

• something serving as a sign of something else

• an individual instance of a type of symbol
  • the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  nominal , token(a) , tokenish , keepsake , souvenir , relic , item