Bill has small hands etc (8)
I believe the answer is:
measures
'hands etc' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'bill has small' is the wordplay.
'bill' becomes 'measure' (synonyms).
'has small' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'measure'+'s'='MEASURES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for measures that I've seen before include "Ascertains the dimensions" , "Steps" , "amounts" , "Finds the length of" , "Determine the dimensions" .)