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Payment not initially for one man-hour worked (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

honorarium

'payment' is the definition.
(honorarium is a kind of payment)

'not initially for one man-hour worked' is the wordplay.
'not initially' means to remove the first letter.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'worked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'for'+'i'+'man'+'hour'='forimanhour'
'forimanhour' with its initial letter removed is 'orimanhour'.
'orimanhour' anagrammed gives 'HONORARIUM'.

(Another definition for honorarium that I've seen is " Nominal payment for professional services".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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