Pay
Work for
Work for verb - To be a servant for.
Both terms in one sentence
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Lafayette sacrificed his comfortable life in France to help out the Americans, even insisting he would work for the army without pay.
Source: Theatre / Hamilton - This trope is occasionally played straight when it comes to the ducklings, mainly by having the temptation be 'better pay' or 'not having to work for House'.
Source: Hospital Paradiso -
When Baby Herman approaches Eddie asking him to help Roger, insisting that Roger was framed, Eddie won't get involved, stubbornly refusing to work for toons because of how he feels about them, even though Herman offers to pay him.
Source: Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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