token payment
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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An officer later gave him a token payment of about $350, a fraction of his losses and medical expenses.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
After years of fighting for compensation and acknowledgment of the crime, Tolan had to settle for a token payment and no apology.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2018
In 2006, following a campaign calling for the case to be thrown out, the company agreed to accept a token payment of less than $1.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2015
Gox for a token payment of one bitcoin, or about $400.
From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2014
Money was a problem: Even a token payment to a caretaker was difficult to raise.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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