tokeningEtymologyFrom Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing.tokening means the act or process of marking or designating. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe act or process of marking or designating.A token, sign, or proof.That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.