Desires payment at the end of the day? (9)
I believe the answer is:
yearnings
'desires' is the definition.
(yearning is a kind of desire)
'payment at the end of the day?' is the wordplay.
'payment' becomes 'earnings' (earnings is a kind of payment).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the end of the' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'day' is 'y'.
'earnings' after 'y' is 'YEARNINGS'.
(Other definitions for yearnings that I've seen before include "Desires" , "wishes" .)