Work, function (7)
I believe the answer is:
operate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">work</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that work can be written as operate)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">function</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that function can be written as operate)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for operate that I've seen before include "Control, run, a mcahine say" , "Manage, run" , "Work, function" , "Perform surgery or run a machine" , "(Of machine) function" .)