Greek department saying to cut back on funding (4)

I believe the answer is:

nome

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'greek' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Another definition for nome that I've seen is " Government department".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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