Attorney getting currency, finally, before holiday with Dawn (8)
I believe the answer is:
daybreak
'dawn' is the definition.
(I know that dawn can be written as daybreak)
'attorney getting currency finally before holiday' is the wordplay.
'attorney' becomes 'DA' (District Attorney).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'holiday' becomes 'break' (break can mean a holiday or time off).
The final letter of 'currency' is 'y'.
'da'+'y'+'break'='DAYBREAK'
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for daybreak that I've seen before include "Cockcrow" , "Dawn" , "Time for larks" , "Sunrise" , "very short holiday" .)