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After a job's finished, the burden of payment? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bonus

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'payment?' is the definition.
(bonus is a kind of payment)

'after a job's finished the burden' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a job's finished' becomes 'b' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the burden' becomes 'onus' ('onus' can be a synonym of 'burden').
'b' next to 'onus' is 'BONUS'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bonus that I've seen before include "Extra money paid for good performance" , "Good performance reward" , "Payment additional to the expected or usual" , "Good-performance payment" , "Extra pay, perhaps at Christmas?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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