Compared with many of his peers, Mr. Cotsakos received relatively modest pay in 1999 and 2000.

Cantor was able to support a family despite modest academic pay, thanks to his inheritance from his father.

That's quite modest pay for running/ruining the world.

Workers are more willing to accept modest pay raises, or to tie their compensation to performance or efficiency.

They earn modest pay, and endorsement opportunities are rare.

Thirdly, they are happy to provide services to the community for modest pay.

But many are at a loss to explain why they were dismissed from jobs that often required great sacrifice for modest pay.

I would happily take the very modest pay on his days off, if you please.

At the other end of the spectrum are 25 large-company executives who delivered well for their shareholders and received modest pay.

But the American Embassy concluded that the university salary for the Russian was too appealing compared to his modest pay at home.