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Give an account of prices to the general public (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retail

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'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...

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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