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Payment for top people (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royalty

I believe this is a double definition.

'payment' is the first definition.
(I know that royalty is a type of payment)

'top people' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for royalty that I've seen before include "Queen's family" , "payment for literary work?" , "Queens, emperors, etc" , "Payment for use of work" , "Sovereigns" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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