Subject | Russian | English |
gen. | нищенская зарплата | exiguous pay |
gen. | нищенская зарплата | slave wages (bookworm) |
gen. | нищенская зарплата | paltry salary (Canadian teachers claim they have paltry salaries. At the same time, they like to spend their two months of paid vacation in Hawaii, Barbados, Florida or on the Italian Riviera. ART Vancouver) |
econ. | нищенская зарплата | starvation wage (Andrey Truhachev) |
dipl. | нищенская зарплата | hand-to-mouth salary (bigmaxus) |
econ. | нищенская зарплата | starvation wages (Andrey Truhachev) |
inf. | нищенская зарплата | pittance (a small amount Val_Ships) |
gen. | нищенская зарплата | beggarly wage |
Makarov. | платить нищенскую зарплату | pay niggardly wages |
gen. | рабочие, получающие нищенскую зарплату за каторжный труд | sweated labour |