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Government department taking soldiers to meeting-place (7)

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I believe the answer is:

revenue

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'government department' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'soldiers to meeting-place' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'to meeting-place' becomes 'venue' (I've seen this before).
're'+'venue'='REVENUE'

'taking' is the link.

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(Other definitions for revenue that I've seen before include "Return" , "Ready" , "stream, perhaps" , "Income from tax" , "Money coming in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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