Payment
Wages
Wages noun - A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
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Then the servant promptly went out and found a man who owed him a bit under a month's wages and demanded immediate payment.
Source: Forgiveness -
Michael Haller's limo driver in The Lincoln Lawyer is a former client of his (he's a criminal defense attorney) who agreed to let Haller keep half the wages as payment of Haller's fees until they're paid in full.
Source: Work Off the Debt
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