Get money from, quietly, with thanks (3)
I believe the answer is:
tap
'get' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'money from quietly with thanks' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'p'.
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'thanks' becomes 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you').
'pp' placed around 'ta' is 'ptap'.
'ptap' with 'p' removed is 'TAP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tap that I've seen before include "that's less hard than 11 [BASH] or 22 [BATTER]" , "Gentle stroke" , "Thread cutter; strike" , "Draw upon Pat" , "Knock lightly; a valve" .)