The phrase "a token fine" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a nominal or symbolic penalty, often implying that the fine is not substantial or is more of a gesture than a serious punishment.
Example: "The company received a token fine for the minor violation, which many felt was insufficient to deter future misconduct."
Alternatives: "a nominal fine" or "a symbolic fine".
Knight is a suspended for few games, and receives a token fine.
It eventually won the case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory: the organisation responsible for publishing the booklet in Switzerland was ordered to pay only a token fine.
United Brands ended up pleading guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud, and though it got off with a token fine of fifteen thousand dollars, Congress later cited the case when it passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, in 1977.
The Wachovia and HSBC banks were caught, and admitted – with impunity apart from a ticking-off and token fine– laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits.
Most were let off after explaining their absence, but 52,000 people were made to pay a token $20 fine and around 30 were prosecuted and convicted.
In 1967, Vermont adopted a law requiring people to render reasonable assistance to someone who is in grave danger, but the penalty for noncompliance is only a token civil fine.
But the court said the snap was "neither degrading nor malicious", resulting in the token fine of €1, but also an accompanying order to pay Le Pen €3,000 in legal fees.
But the fine, a token sum for a firm the size of Goldman, caused a stir among the agency's commissioners.
Fearing an imminent invasion, they offered exiles like Dante return and pardon in exchange for a token payment on the fine he had been given for alleged corruption, plus an appearance as a penitent, with bare feet and a rope around his neck.
The rule had been indifferently enforced in 1916, several members of the champion Red Sox, including pitcher George Herman Babe Ruththadad barnstormed and had been fined a token $100 each by the National Commission.
And the fine is a token one, considering it is on a loophole that has been in place since 2005.
