Financial penalty (4)
I believe the answer is:
fine
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">financial penalty</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a payment extracted as punishment)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for fine that I've seen before include "No special brandy" , "charge" , "A financial penalty - excellent" , "French brandy" , "It's all right" .)