Give Cheeko money in split debt settlement (9)
I believe the answer is:
repayment
'money in split debt settlement' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'give cheeko' is the wordplay.
'give' becomes 'repay' (repaying is a kind of giving).
'cheeko' becomes 'ment' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'repay'+'ment'='REPAYMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for repayment that I've seen before include "Refund" , "Type of mortgage" , "Money refunded" , "Reimbursement" .)