I paid sentries for working -- people getting regular payments (13)

I believe the answer is:

stipendiaries

Here is my best explanation:

'people getting regular payments' is the definition.

'i paid sentries for working' is the subsidiary indication.

'for working' is an anagram indicator.

'i'+'paid'+'sentries'='ipaidsentries'

'ipaidsentries' anagrammed gives 'stipendiaries'.

This clue was last seen in The Telegraph

(Another definition for stipendiaries that I've seen is "People who are paid".)

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