Promise vs. Token
Promisenoun
(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
Promisenoun
(countable) a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
Promisenoun
(uncountable) reason to expect improvement or success; potential
Promisenoun
a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
Promisenoun
bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
Promiseverb
(transitive) to commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow
Promiseverb
(intransitive) to give grounds for expectation, especially of something good
Promiseadjective
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Promiseadjective
An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
Promiseadjective
That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
Promiseadjective
Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Promiseverb
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
Promiseverb
To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
Promiseverb
To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
Promiseverb
To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Promiseverb
To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promisenoun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Promisenoun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
Promiseverb
make a promise or commitment
Promiseverb
promise to undertake or give;
Promiseverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance;
Promiseverb
give grounds for expectations;
Promisenoun
a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen
Promisenoun
an indication that something is likely to occur
Promisenoun
the quality of potential excellence
Promiseverb
assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen
Promiseverb
pledge (someone, especially a woman) to marry someone else; betroth
Promiseverb
give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence)
Promiseverb
announce (something) as being expected to happen
Promiseverb
contemplate the pleasant expectation of
Promise
A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something.
Tokennoun
Something serving as an expression of something else.
Tokennoun
A keepsake.
Tokennoun
A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
Tokennoun
A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
Tokennoun
A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
Tokennoun
A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
Tokennoun
Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
Tokennoun
Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
Tokennoun
An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
Tokennoun
An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
Tokennoun
A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
Tokennoun
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
Tokennoun
A tally.
Tokennoun
(philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
Tokennoun
(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
Tokennoun
(computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
Tokennoun
(computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
Tokennoun
(grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
Tokennoun
(corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
Tokennoun
(medical) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
Tokennoun
A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
Tokennoun
(printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
Tokennoun
(mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
Tokennoun
(mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
Tokennoun
(rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
Tokennoun
(weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
Tokennoun
(Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
Tokenadjective
Done as an indication or a pledge.
Tokenadjective
Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
Tokenadjective
(of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
Tokenverb
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
Tokenverb
To betroth
Tokenverb
(philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate
Tokennoun
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
Tokennoun
A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
Tokennoun
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
Tokennoun
A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.
Tokennoun
A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
Tokennoun
Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
Tokennoun
A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
Tokennoun
A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
Tokennoun
In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
Tokenverb
To betoken.
Tokennoun
an individual instance of a type of symbol;
Tokennoun
a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines
Tokennoun
something of sentimental value
Tokenadjective
insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal);
