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Farmer perhaps spending the two pounds he has in bank (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tier

'bank' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for tier that I've seen before include "one doing Bond" , "One of two or more rows" , "One securing" , "Rite (anag.)" , "Hierarchical level" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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