Since it was a token payment, he gave the gatekeeper some token money.

因为像征性偿付，他给了看门人一些代用货币。

What he and Pietzel did do was to take out tens of thousands of dollars in mortgages on it, and then disappear without making more than a couple of token payments.

他和佩策尔拿出数万美元的抵押贷款，之后并未作出象征性支付便消失了。