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Bed has small price (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cost

'price' is the definition.
(I know that price can be written as cost)

'bed has small' is the wordplay.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'cot' going around 's' is 'COST'.

(Other definitions for cost that I've seen before include "Charge" , "estimate price" , "Estimate the expense of doing" , "penalty" , "Fee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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