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Can start out to do business (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

transact

'do business' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'can start out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'can'+'start'='canstart'
'canstart' with letters rearranged gives 'TRANSACT'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for transact that I've seen before include "handle" , "Perform or carry out business" , "Conduct trade" , "Deal with" , "Carry out, like business" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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