Asking price for hit man? (5)
I believe the answer is:
offer
'asking price' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offer that I've seen before include "Tender, volunteer" , "Put forward" , "Tender for acceptance" , "Tender or propose" , "Submit" .)