Several senators said that initiative would provide a token sum of money, which taxpayers were likely to save, not spend.
He promised a token sum of money—$60m to help alliances of employers, colleges and unions to organise more training.
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.
The novel ends with Robert sending his mother – hopeful that "Bobby" might return to America and support her – a token sum of money.
In 1932 the Lausanne Conference proposed to reduce reparations to the token sum of 3,000,000,000 marks, but the proposal was never ratified.
Several months later — after paying the token sum of one Swiss franc, or about 90 cents — he is the proud owner of four ski lifts, two trail groomers and a restaurant on 12 miles of ski slopes.
As I waited for the proceeding to begin, I met the wife of the home's owner, a real estate broker, who looked on sadly as a referee, Charles D'Onofrio III, read out the terms of the sale and asked, "Are there any bids?" The only other person on the steps, a representative of the bank, offered the token sum of $500.
In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents.
What few environmental measures were announced, such as token sums for tree planting and litter clearing, were dwarfed by freezing, again, of the fuel duty escalator (£10 million for trees against a whopping £840 million fuel duty giveaway).
Cost: $1,000, for tape, a token sum for camera talent and, of course, food for the energetic teen and professional video crew at brainstorming sessions and on location.
