1. A token representing an amount owed or good for exchange.
2. A favor which may be traded for another favor.
3. A child or babe; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

ETYM Old Eng. token, taken, as. tâcen.
1. A metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines.
2. An individual instance of a type of symbol; SYN. item.