Clear company man getting monthly payment (8)
I believe the answer is:
coherent
'clear' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'company man getting monthly payment' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'monthly payment' becomes 'rent' (rent is often paid monthly).
'co'+'he'+'rent'='COHERENT'
(Other definitions for coherent that I've seen before include "Sticking together" , "Not rambling in speech or reasoning" , "making sense" , "Meaningful" , "Holding together as a whole" .)