How to pronounce token:
Example: "The word `error' contains three tokens of `r'"
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
To betroth
To symbolize, instantiate
Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
Example: "He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign."
A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement
Example: "He was hired as the company's token black person"