Give an account of prices to the general public (6)
I believe the answer is:
retail
'give' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'an account of prices to the general public' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'real' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retail that I've seen before include "I alter for trade that sells to public" , "Sell - supply account" , "Tell story" , "The sale of goods to the public" , "The trade serving the public" .)