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Decline to accept one shilling for fund (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

subsidise

'fund' is the definition.
('fund'->'subsidize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'decline to accept one shilling' is the wordplay.
'decline' becomes 'subside' (I've seen this before**).
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'shilling' becomes 's'.
'i'+'s'='is'
'subside' enclosing 'is' is 'SUBSIDISE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for subsidise that I've seen before include "Pay part of the cost of producing something" , "Pay a grant towards" , "Support financially" , "Support through grants" , "Give a grant towards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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