modest salary

collocation in English

meaningsofmodestandsalary

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modest
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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salary
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsæl.ər.i/us
/ˈsæl.ɚ.i/
a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account ...
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(Definition ofmodestandsalaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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River camp early in 1957, he could use hismodestsalaryto provision his home.
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He would have had amodestsalaryfrom the parish and a steady, but unquantifiable, extra income in fees for his attendance and duties in the church.
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I do not believe that the right people will be found to serve on the new authority unless they are paid amodestsalary.
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I draw amodestsalary, and my workpeople desire me to speak for this movement here and everywhere and on every occasion.
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In the railway salaried service a man starts at a verymodestsalary.
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It may well be that one would miss somebody if one were not able to offer amodestsalary, in addition to expenses.
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They have been living on a verymodestsalary.
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She has a husband who earns amodestsalary, and she has a family.
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It would be churlish in the extreme for us to deny him this exceptionallymodestsalary.
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We were living a complete hand-to-mouth existence, never quite knowing if funds would be available to pay the researcher and administrator whom we hired at a verymodestsalary.
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For every restless ambitious man who goes abroad, ten equally clever men settle down in some suburb, satisfied with amodestsalaryand a prospect of a pension.
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The money she received paid her expenses and provided her with amodestsalary.
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In order to supplement hismodestsalaryas a professor, he took on a number of other posts.
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After her husband's death in 1964, when hismodestsalaryceased and there was no pension, she had no alternative but to continue teaching.
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In some not-for-profit organizations, the values of the organization or the tightness of funding may result in there being onlymodestsalaryincreases associated with a promotion.
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Maciel's skill as a pianist earned him the tripling of an otherwisemodestsalary.
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The need was for good, rented accommodation for manual workers, for young professionals with modest salaries, for widows with children, and unmarried mothers.
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The people who work for them are content to work for modest salaries, and they have a great deal of voluntary assistance.
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A major increase in the modest salaries of elementary school teachers was announced.
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