He's slow to pay for faultless service on the motorway (5)
I believe the answer is:
miser
'he's slow to pay' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'faultless service on the motorway' is the wordplay.
'faultless service' becomes 'ser' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the motorway' becomes 'MI' (resembles Ms, English motorway).
'ser' after 'mi' is 'MISER'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miser that I've seen before include "Penny-pincher" , "Money-grubber" , "Niggardly person" , "Stingy hoarder" , "One sparing with money" .)