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Benefit ultimately debatable with money wasted - drivers' warning (4)

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I believe the answer is:

toot

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'benefit' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for toot that I've seen before include "Do it on a flute" , "Use horn" , "Sound of a car horn" , "Briefly blow" , "Parp" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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