Government department taking soldiers to meeting-place (7)
I believe the answer is:
revenue
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for revenue that I've seen before include "Return" , "Ready" , "stream, perhaps" , "Income from tax" , "Money coming in" .)