tokening

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== tokening present participle and gerund of token === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== tokening (countable and uncountable, plural tokenings) The act or process of marking or designating. A token, sign, or proof. That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation. === Anagrams === ekonting