nominal fee
Symbolic small payment
A nominal fee is a token charge—small enough that it barely covers costs or exists mainly as a formality.
The fee acknowledges that something has value without creating a real barrier: The museum charges a nominal fee of one dollar.
Nominal here means "in name only," suggesting the fee is more symbolic than substantial.
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- minimalSmallest amount needed
- chargeCost or accusation
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
small · pocket change · modest · administrative · processing · courtesy · discount · waived · affordable · pay what you can · trivial · negligible · donation · suggested · sliding · scale · membership · registration
- extra feessurcharge, service charge, service charges, surcharges, fuel surcharge
- low wagesminimum wage, low pay, subsistence wage, below market rate
nominal feefull price
Amount without reductions
market rate · arm and a leg · fortune · top dollar · king's ransom
nominal feefree
Without payment or restriction
no charge · complimentary · gratis · free of charge · on the house
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