Meagre payment (8)
I believe the answer is:
pittance
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">meagre payment</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pittance that I've seen before include "Very low wage" , "Very small allowance or wage" , "Not much money" , "tiny amount" , "Very little bread, in fact" .)