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Give firm assurance, investing millions (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compromise

'give' is the definition.
(give can mean to compromise in an argument)

'firm assurance investing millions' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'assurance' becomes 'promise' (I've seen this before).
'investing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'millions' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'co'+'promise'='copromise'
'copromise' enclosing 'm' is 'COMPROMISE'.

(Other definitions for compromise that I've seen before include "Give-and-take" , "Trade-off" , "Settlement" , "Agree a middle way" , "accommodation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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