Finance forum finally to reserve pieces taken from the bank (10)
I believe the answer is:
embankment
'the bank' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'finance forum finally to reserve pieces taken' is the wordplay.
'finance forum finally' becomes 'emt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to reserve' becomes 'bank' (bank is a kind of reserve).
'pieces' becomes 'men' (man can mean a chess piece).
'taken' indicates putting letters inside.
'bank'+'men'='bankmen'
'emt' placed around 'bankmen' is 'EMBANKMENT'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for embankment that I've seen before include "Mound" , "Wall built to prevent flooding" , "Needle here" , "Flood wall" , "Riverside wall" .)