Contraction initially impacting German debt adversely (11)
I believe the answer is:
abridgement
'contraction' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'initially impacting german debt adversely' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'adversely' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'impacting' is 'i'.
'i'+'german'+'debt'='igermandebt'
'igermandebt' with letters rearranged gives 'ABRIDGEMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abridgement that I've seen before include "Making short work" , "Curtailment" , "Process of shortening (a text)" , "Summary" .)