Accepted women are enlightened (5)
I believe the answer is:
aware
'enlightened' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'accepted women are' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'a' (financial abbreviation).
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'a'+'w'+'are'='AWARE'
(Other definitions for aware that I've seen before include "well informed" , "Having knowledge of, informed" , "Conscious or having knowledge of" , "Attentive" , "Having knowledge (of fact)" .)