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Billing daily departure (zero deduction applied) (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charging

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'billing' is the definition.
('charge' can be a synonym of 'bill')

'daily departure zero deduction applied' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'daily' could be 'char' (both can mean a cleaner) and 'char' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ging' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for charging that I've seen before include "Entrusting (with a task)" , "Asking as a price, running violently, indicting" , "Accusing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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