Put out half of modest income, sadly (9)
I believe the answer is:
incommode
'put out' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'half of modest income sadly' is the wordplay.
'half of' indicates taking half.
'sadly' is an anagram indicator.
'modest' with half the letters taken is 'mod'.
'mod'+'income'='modincome'
'modincome' is an anagram of 'INCOMMODE'.
(Other definitions for incommode that I've seen before include "Put out" , "Hassle" , "Bother" , "Trouble" , "inconvenience" .)