Occasionally signed out building material for reward (10)
I believe the answer is:
inducement
'reward' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'occasionally signed out building material' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' means one should take alternating letters (letters taken at regular intervals or occasions).
'building material' becomes 'cement' (cement is a kind of building material).
'signed'+'out'='signedout'
The alternating letters of 'signedout' are 'indu'.
'indu'+'cement'='INDUCEMENT'
'for' is the link.
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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