Expect chap will get work (4)
I believe the answer is:
hope
'expect' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'chap will get work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'op' (abbreviation for opus) and 'op' is present in the answer.
'chap' could be 'he' and 'he' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "Longing" , "The Cape of Good -" , "Companion to faith and charity" , "'. . . . springs eternal in the human breast'" , "One who wrote about prisoner" .)