the pay he/she deserves.    (would be, say a  paliative, it´s not what he wants but enough

to keep him quiet...at least for a while).

     You context, I think, would of a "compensatory" kind, but a proper word eludes me

right now.

from PPaulo

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It is something along those lines... palliative is for sure another good choice for a more formal word.

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