Bread we gather for animal (3)
I believe the answer is:
doe
'for animal' is the definition.
(doe is a kind of animal)
'bread we gather' is the wordplay.
'bread' becomes 'dough' (both can informally mean money).
'we gather' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (gather can mean to hear).
'dough' is a homophone of 'DOE'.
(Other definitions for doe that I've seen before include "Female kangaroo" , "female of the species" , "Mummy rabbit" , "partner for a buck" , "Female hare" .)