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धान उठवैया लोग उठौनी लेने आए हैं।
उठवाई, उठावनी, उठौनी

Something that remunerates.

Wages were paid by check.
He wasted his pay on drink.
They saved a quarter of all their earnings.
earnings, pay, remuneration, salary, wage