In short, she has very little money (5)
I believe the answer is:
penny
'little money' is the definition.
(small amount of money)
'in short she has' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'she' could be 'pen' and 'pen' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ny' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'very' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for penny that I've seen before include "Girl" , "Lancaster" , "p; small coin" , "The price of a thought" , "1p" .)