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book to·ken
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book tokennoun
a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher
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book token
A book token is a type of voucher or certificate, typically gifted, that can be exchanged for books at specified bookstores. They are usually prepaid, meaning they hold a certain value that can be used towards the purchase of books.
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Book token
A Book Token is a brand of gift voucher redeemable in hundreds of participating bookshops as an alternative to cash. The term Book Token was first coined the 1920s by Harold Raymond, an English publisher who noticed that for Christmas his friends had received a collective total of only three books out of 119 total gifts. He felt that some sort of coupon could be used to take the risk out of book gift giving and invented the "Book Token". The Book Token was launched in 1932 and soon after, Book Tokens Ltd was established as the sole issuer of Book Tokens in the UK. Book Tokens have now grown into one of the largest multi-retail gift cards in the UK and Ireland and were renamed "National Book Tokens" in 2000, the year the token was also sold online for the first time by firstbookshop.com. Book Tokens in the UK and Ireland are run by Book Tokens Ltd. National book voucher schemes also run in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Norway.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of book token in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of book token in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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