TOKEN MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does token money mean? 

• TOKEN MONEY (noun)
  The noun TOKEN MONEY has 1 sense:

1. coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value

  Familiarity information: TOKEN MONEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOKEN MONEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("token money" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)