Bounty (6)
I believe the answer is:
reward
'bounty' is the definition.
(I know that bounty can be written as reward)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for reward that I've seen before include "payment that's merited" , "Payment for services rendered" , "Prize; pay-off" , "Recompense, remunerate" , "Bounty; recompense" .)