Sentence examples for for a token sum from inspiring English sources
The phrase "for a token sum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a small or nominal amount of money exchanged in a transaction or agreement.
Example: "The artwork was sold for a token sum, making it accessible to a wider audience."
Alternatives: "for a nominal fee" or "for a small amount".
A further 90 days can be taken for a token sum.
The Boy Scouts erected the ornate building and since 1928 have leased the land from the city for a token sum of $1 a year.
On Tuesday the group – predominantly the airline, with its engineering arm, and holiday company Cosmos – signed a share-purchase agreement with Greybull that it hopes will lead to a final sale by 24 October for a token sum.
Its critics counter that at least half of the fund's lands were not bought this way, but were seized by the state after their Palestinian owners fled the war that accompanied Israel's birth in 1948; they were then sold to the fund for a token sum.
In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents.
Under the agreement that underlaid Rogers' commission, the Lords Proprietor leased their rights for a token sum to Rogers' company for twenty-one years.
After being screened for ballroom-dancing prowess and other credentials of respectability, the gentlemen hosts sign on for at least two voyages, and pay a token sum for the privilege.
Discounted newsstand was 5,924 - multipacks - while its monitored free distribution was 6,907 and issue-specific bulks (free to readers but for which distributors pay a token sum) was 2,240.
But the fine, a token sum for a firm the size of Goldman, caused a stir among the agency's commissioners.
After giving him a token sum for two years, Citi more recently showed largesse that would not have been out of place in a truly successful organisation.
While the fine is a token sum for the country's biggest and most prominent trading platform, it represents the first penalty the agency has levied against an exchange.
