The phrase "accept a modest" is not complete and lacks context, but it is grammatically correct.
It can be used when discussing the acceptance of something that is not extravagant or excessive, typically in terms of an offer or proposal.
Example: "After much consideration, I decided to accept a modest offer for my services."
Alternatives: "accept a humble" or "receive a reasonable".
Or he may simply have enough leverage to persuade the tenant to accept a modest buyout offer.
Like when the nonrich start asking why people who make millions of dollars in annual income can't accept a modest levy to pay for that payroll tax cut.
Mr. Ackermann's involvement helped clear the way for big private banks to accept a modest write-down on the value of their Greek bonds.
Today, White House officials remained aloof but strongly suggested that they would accept a modest package along the lines outlined by Republican lawmakers.
That is remarkably similar to the union's opening gambits this time, in which they offered to accept a modest rollback in salary – and called for a new revenue-sharing system among clubs.
The gesture, announced after the government had reversed itself and said it would accept a modest NATO force to foster reintegration of guerrilla areas, strengthened the flagging peace effort.
Mr. Muller accepted a modest sum, about $15,000, for the models.
This was most vividly seen when Unison's members accepted a modest pay deal two weeks ago, rejecting strike action by a solid majority of 64.9%.
In 1961, Dr. Nicholas Platon, then head of archeology in Crete, accepted a modest contribution from Mr. & Mrs. Leon Pomerance, of Long Island, to financing an excavation at Kato Zakro, where he thought there was a Minoan palace.
The state also found, to the surprise of some, that the share of employers contributing to their workers' coverage (rather than accepting a modest penalty for not doing so) had risen.
The neoconservatives generally accepted a modest welfare state indeed, they were sometimes described as disenchanted welfare liberals but they insisted that social welfare programs should help people help themselves, not make them permanent wards of the state.
