Account for a broken article (7)
I believe the answer is:
recital
'account' is the definition.
(I know that recital is a type of account)
'a broken article' is the wordplay.
'a broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'article' with letters rearranged gives 'RECITAL'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for recital that I've seen before include "Maybe solo musical performance" , "17 performance, for example" , "Reading" , "Performance, usually musical" , "Article found in performance" .)